What does the following apt-get response mean?

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 09:24:18 +0000
Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
Pinned apps never showed up in synaptic for me until I pinned one.  I'd
guess that behavior to be standard.

Cybe R. Wizard
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