Still found in synaptic/0.75.13.
The menu item is “Package/Lock Version”. Activating this will lock a
package to it's current version using APT “pinning” (see
apt_preferences(5), although that is really an implementation detail).
The status filter, “Pinned”, selects only packages that are pinned in
synaptic's private preferences file (that is, those packages which have
been “Locked” in the menu). This does not pick up any other packages
subject to APT pinning, and this filter should at least be renamed to
“Locked” to match the menu item, rather than the underlying mechanism.
However, apt and other frontends use the term “hold” for “keep package
at current version”. Better is for synaptic to use /var/lib/dpkg/status
holds instead of private APT pinning. See bug #42178. Both items
should then be changed to say “hold”.
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
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Consistent terminology: "Locked" vs "Pinned"
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