Package hold during upgrade

[Howard Mann <howardm@xmission.com>]

Hi All,

I'm preparing to upgrade to Potato from Slink ( kernel 2.2.12) using
apt-get.

There are several packages (related to DocBook/SGML) I would not like
to upgrade at the present time.

What commands ( exact syntax for package name please ) do I issue to
accomplish this ?

[Do I use the relevant package names from /var/lib/dpkg/status ?]



Regards,

Howard