debian man page for dpkg-hold

DPKG-HOLD(8)							      dlocate							      DPKG-HOLD(8)

NAME
       dpkg-hold - program to flag for hold a package or packages

SYNOPSIS
       dpkg-hold [PACKAGE...]

DESCRIPTION
       dpkg-hold marks package(s) to be held.

       It achieves this by running `dpkg --set-selections' and piping in the package name(s) followed by `hold'.

       NOTE:  this  program  does not install, remove, purge any package. it ONLY sets the status of the package. Any actual removal or purging is
       done the next time dselect, apt-get, aptitude, etc are run.

SEE ALSO
       dpkg(1), dpkg-unhold(1), dpkg-remove(1), dpkg-purge(1)

AUTHOR
       dpkg-hold was written Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>. dpkg-hold is Free Software placed in the public domain.

Debian Project							    2009-06-02							      DPKG-HOLD(8)