On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Jiri Baum wrote: > Hello M.C. Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > On 12 Nov 1998, Daniel E. Hollis wrote: > > > > > I mucked up my package list. > ... > > b) place all the other packages on hold. > > Which would be nice if it could be done easily... > > Open the file /var/lib/dpkg/status and replace: > s/^Status: install ok/Status: hold ok/ > > Somebody add this to the wish list?
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