From a09e4489c7bd097d051db44b5e3487963b7a36c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:29:54 +0200
Subject: provide a 'dpkg --set-selections' wrapper to set/release holds

---
 doc/apt-mark.8.xml | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc/apt-mark.8.xml')

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>
  
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