| ubottu | In ubottu, lordcirth said: !hold is A package can be prevented from updating by "holding" it. https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/10/how-to-keep-package-from-updating-in.html | 18:52 |
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| dax | !pin | 20:45 |
| ubottu | pinning is an advanced feature that APT can use to prefer particular packages over others. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto | 20:45 |
| dax | are they the same thing, i've never bothered with either of them | 20:45 |
| Unit193 | No, 'hold' is "don't upgrade", more easily done with apt-mark hold $pkg, but I'm not sure we want to make that easily callable. | 20:55 |
| valorie | people using either option without knowing enough can make a hash of their systems | 21:48 |
| Unit193 | This is true, though I'd imagine pinning is more of a way to control origin. | 21:49 |
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