To quote [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bostjan Muller), # Is there a way to do this with apt-get (I do apt-get -u upgrade, but don't want # to upgrade a specific package(s))?
When a package is on "hold", nothing touches it. Not dselect, not apt, not dpkg. Not unless you over-ride it, anyways ;) You might also want to check out 'stormpkg', which is at least available in Sid(unstable). It's a nice GTK+-based package manager. It implements dselect-type functionality, but in an (at least for me) understandable form. David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)