Re: How to tell apt-get or dpkg to forget about a package?

[Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic@dantian.org>]

> > Reading man dpkg I do not see an option that says: "do
> > not try to reinstall the package"...

I've missed the start of the thread, so excuse me if this isn't what the
OP wants, but setting the package to "hold" should do it, no?