Re: KPackage

[lrhorer <lrhorer@satx.rr.com>]

Slicky Johnson wrote:

> On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:45:31 -0600
> lrhorer <lrhorer@satx.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> For whatever reason, someone has decided to remove KPackage from the
>> Debian distro.  'Really bad idea, if you ask me.  Anyway, when I
>> upgraded one of my systems to "Squeeze", I issued the `apt-get
>> autoremove` command before I realized it would remove KPackage.  I
>> also have another system that was just upgraded, and if I were to
>> issue the autoremove command, it would also remove it on that
>> system.  Is there a good way to prevent apt-get from removing a
>> package (in this case, KPackage) it thinks is no longer necessary and
>> yet still issue the `apt- get autoremove` command?  Is there a good
>> way to get KPackage back onto the other system?  Is there some way we
>> could get someone to reverse the decision to remove KPackage from
>> Debian?
>> 
>> 
> 
> pin the package to lenny and or mark it as a hold?

Uh...yeah.  My question is, "How do I do that?"  I tried `echo kpackage 
hold | dpkg --set-selections`, but that doesn't seem to work - at least 
not for autoremove.  When I run apt-get -s autoremove`, kpackage is one 
of the apps listed as slated for removal.

How does one "pin a package" to a release?