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authorDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2011-04-26 17:29:54 +0200
committerDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2011-04-26 17:29:54 +0200
commita09e4489c7bd097d051db44b5e3487963b7a36c0 (patch)
treec0baba7ef48ba50c2a67cf1127c47ee89601ed71 /doc
parent254b8ebb92e82e0d7cf5aa1391bcfbbeb23d534e (diff)
provide a 'dpkg --set-selections' wrapper to set/release holds
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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-mark.8.xml b/doc/apt-mark.8.xml
index 592a8b97d..01c8665dd 100644
--- a/doc/apt-mark.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-mark.8.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,22 @@
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>hold</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>hold</literal> is used to mark a
+ package as hold back, which will prevent the package from being
+ automatically installed, upgraded or removed.
+ The command is only a wrapper around <command>dpkg --set-selections</command>
+ and the state is therefore maintained by &dpkg; and not effected
+ by the <option>--filename</option> option.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>unhold</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>unhold</literal> is used to cancel a
+ previously set hold on a package to allow all actions again.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term>showauto</term>
<listitem><para><literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a
list of automatically installed packages with each package on a new line.
@@ -97,6 +113,13 @@
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>showhold</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>showhold</literal> is used to print a list
+ of packages on hold in the same way as for the other show commands.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
</variablelist>
</refsect1>