Re: how to put package on hold using command line tools?

[Erik Steffl]

Colin Watson wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 05:37:51AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
> >   is there any way to put package on hold using command line tools?
> 
> echo packagename hold | dpkg --set-selections

  thank you,

  isn't this a bug in man dpkg though? all it says about
--set-selections is:

       dpkg --set-selections
              Set package selections using file read from  stdin.

  that's not enough to actually use it like you suggested above..

        erik