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Re: Simple aptitude/apt question



Hello

Hugh Crissman (<hcrissman@secure-mind.net>) wrote:

> How do I exclude a package when doing a upgrade. Say Postfix for
> example. I want to update all the packages on my system but I don't
> want to update Postfix. How would I do that?

You can set the package to "hold" usind aptitude or dselect or
dpkg --set-selections. You can also use pinning to set packages to a
specific version (see man apt_preferences).

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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