Am 10.05.2015 um 02:34 schrieb Bob Proulx: > Charlie wrote: >> I had never even known about apt-mark and when Matthias pointed it out, >> tried it, read the man page and was amazed. > > The functionality of 'apt-mark hold' was new in Wheezy 7. Squeezy 6 > didn't include that functionality.
Sort of. In Squeeze and earlier releases you could already use dpkg --get-selections > file edit file and s/install/hold/ for the desired package dpkg --set-selections < file This had the same effect as "apt-mark hold". Arguably, apt-mark provides the nicer interface :-) If you're interested which packages are currently put on hold, run dpkg --get-selections | grep hold Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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