This is still present in current aptitude in etch. It works both ways: aptitude doesn't care about dpkg/dselect settings anyway, and running aptitude hold/unhold doesn't change dselect database either.
# dpkg --get-selections | grep ^tin tin hold # aptitude -s upgrade [...] The following packages will be upgraded: [...] tetex-bin tetex-extra tex-common texinfo thunar tin [...] # aptitude hold tin [...] # aptitude unhold tin [...] The following packages will be upgraded: tin [...] # dpkg --get-selections | grep ^tin tin hold Regards, Zoran -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
