aptutude holding packages

[Derek Broughton]

Tony Arnold wrote:

> I used aptitude to 'hold' the old xserver-xorg-core package because of
> its problems. Now the problems have been fixed in the repository
> version, how do I cancel the hold?

Would you believe "unhold" :-)

> Curiously, update-manager updated the package despite the hold.

I can't say I'm surprised.  I don't know what the correct answer is, but the
new generation package managers aren't doing it for me.
-- 
derek