Colin Watson wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 05:37:51AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
> > is there any way to put package on hold using command line tools?
>
> echo packagename hold | dpkg --set-selections
thank you,
isn't this a bug in man dpkg though? all it says about
--set-selections is:
dpkg --set-selections
Set package selections using file read from stdin.
that's not enough to actually use it like you suggested above..
erik