Bug#53156: apt: apt should have a way to put packages on hold

[Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@MIT.EDU>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.15
Severity: wishlist



I would like to be able to do

apt hold package-name

to put a package on hold.  Right now, the only way to do it is through
deselect or editing /var/lib/dpkg/status by hand.


-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux aquinas 2.2.13 #7 Mon Dec 13 17:26:08 EST 1999 i686 unknown

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6           2.1.2-10       GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone
ii  libstdc++2.10   2.95.2-3       The GNU stdc++ library