Pinning the needed packages Package: adb* Pin: version 1:8.1* Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: android* Pin: version 1:8.1* Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: android* Pin: version 8.1* Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: android-sdk-platform* Pin: version 27* Pin-Priority: 1001within /etc/apt/preferences does do the trick for me until the updates are merged into unstable.
Cheers,