What does the following apt-get response mean?

[David Curtis]

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:

> Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> > 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
>
> In the context of this thread what does "pinned" mean?  I googled but
> never found an explanation.
>

Google 'apt-pinning', there's a beginner's guide and an Ubuntu how-to in the
first number of hits. Basically, it means to hold back or 'pin' packages
from being upgraded if upgrading those packages is undesirable.
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