kmself@ix.netcom.com writes:
> $ echo "<packagename> hold" | dpgk --set-selections
If you don't want to remember the command sequence, Craig Sanders
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted the following script on debian-devel some time
ago:
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#! /bin/bash
# dpkg-hold -- command line tool to flag package(s) as held.
#
# by Craig Sanders, 1998-10-26. This script is hereby placed into the
# public domain.
#
# BUGS: this script has absolutely no error checking. this is not good.
if [ -z "$*" ] ; then
echo "Usage:"
echo " dpkg-hold <package...>"
exit 1
fi
for i in $@ ; do
echo "$i hold"
done | dpkg --set-selections
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Despite the disclaimer about error checking, I have had good
results with it. I have also reversed it to make dpkg-unhold.
Bob
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