How to stop 'apt update' + 'apt upgrade' from updating one particular library?

[Colin Law]

On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 at 15:23, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
>
> There is a bug in the version 10.37 of libpcre2-8-0:amd64 which installs
> with [x]ubuntu 21.10.  The bug is not present in the previous version.
>
> Is there any way to prevent apt from updating that particular library
> to the latest version when I do an overall 'apt update' and 'apt
> upgrade'?

This should help.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/18654/how-to-prevent-updating-of-a-specific-package

It was the first google hit for me.

Colin L.