[Aptitude-devel] Bug#706770: keep/hold packages uninstalled

[Daniel Hartwig]

Control: block -1 by 137771
Control: tags -1 + confirmed

On 4 May 2013 23:35, Harald Dunkel <harri at afaics.de> wrote:
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> Package: aptitude
> Version: 0.6.8.2-1
> Severity: wishlist
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> It would be very nice if "hold" and "keep" could be extended
> to work on uninstalled packages, too.
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For the moment you can use either apt-mark hold or apt_preferences(5).