sbuild-hold(1) hold packages in an sbuild chroot

SYNOPSIS

sbuild-hold [-h|--help | -V|--version] CHROOT [PACKAGE1 [PACKAGE2 [PACKAGEn]]]
sbuild-unhold [-h|--help | -V|--version] CHROOT [PACKAGE1 [PACKAGE2 [PACKAGEn]]]

DESCRIPTION

sbuild-hold and sbuild-unhold set and unset the dpkg hold status for the specified packages, respectively.

OPTIONS

Actions

-h, --help
Display this manual.
-V, --version
Print version information.

Chroot and package selection

CHROOT
The chroot to use. Note that 'o', 's', 't', 'u' and 'e' may be used as abbreviations for 'oldstable', 'stable', 'testing', 'unstable' and 'experimental', respectively.
PACKAGE
The packages for which the hold status is to be changed.

EXAMPLES

To hold the libc6 package in the unstable chroot:

% sbuild-hold unstable libc6

AUTHORS

Roger Leigh.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006-2007 Roger Leigh <[email protected]>.