What does the following apt-get response mean?

[Colin Law]

On 2 December 2010 00:03, Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 11:10:31AM +0200, Matthias Andersson wrote:
>
>              ..........snip...........
>
>>
>> In synaptic you need to check for that those packages aren't locked to a
>> specific version, you should see if this is the case by pressing
>> "status" in the lower left corner and then selecting "pinned" in the
>> left window.
>
> On my system (10.04.1) the status button does not show a pinned choice.
> Can this be because I don't have any pinned apps?

You could try temporarily pinning one and see.

Colin