On 08/30/2017 11:08 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Over an hour I've been searching in vain, apparently using broken Google-fu, for something using examples to explain how to prevent unwanted package(s) from being installed via pinning when apt-mark's hold is being disregarded. Anyone familiar with an URL that would do this? In openSUSE, it's a simple process: zypper al unwantedpackagename[version] That's all there is to it, other than it also works with wildcards.
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