anything similar to apt-rpm's "Hold" functionality?

[Helio Chissini de Castro]

On Monday 21 November 2005 18:44, Jim Faulkner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to set up smart to not automatically install kernel updates, but
> at least let the user know when kernel updates are available.  apt-rpm's
> "Hold" functionality serves this purpose well, since when packages are
> held and an "apt-get upgrade" is run, apt will print out something like
> this:
> The following packages have been kept back
>   kernel kernel-devel kernel-doc kernel-hugemem-devel kernel-smp
>   kernel-smp-devel
>
> smart's "lock" setting comes close to providing this, however it doesn't
> inform the user what packages are not being upgraded because of locking,
> so the user will never know when new kernel packages are available.
>
> Is there a way to inform the user about any package upgrades that are
> being ignored because of locking?
>
> On a related note, running "smart upgrade --ignore-locks" does not ignore
> package locks, like I presumed it should.  I'm not sure if that's a bug or
> if I just don't understand what --ignore-locks does.
>
> thanks,
> Jim Faulkner

By command line:
smart flag --help

Or you can use the interface

[]'s

-- 
Helio Chissini de Castro
KDE Developer
Brasil/South America Primary Contact
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