On 2013-10-13 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > apt-mark hold <package> > or > echo <package> hold | dpkg --set-selections > or > Synaptic's lock option Sure. But the gist of the discussion to me was the point of view of the naive user, i.e. how the two package managers behave out of the box. No compelling arguments have been provided that one is better than the other in that respect. Morten