Re: Temporarily hold a package............

[Charlie <ariestao@ipstarmail.com.au>]

On Sat, 9 May 2015 10:45:06 +0200 Jean-Marc sent:

> > I have been looking through the man pages for: apt-get, apt-get
> > upgrade, but I'm certain I don't understand how I might hold a
> > package for a while?
> >   
> 
> apt-mark hold openssl
> 
> man apt-mark
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jean-Marc <jean-marc@6jf.be>

Thank you.

I had never even known about apt-mark and when Matthias pointed it out,
tried it, read the man page and was amazed.

Thank you both.
Charlie

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