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

[Colin Law]

On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 at 21:22, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 03:36:54PM +0000, Colin Law wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> Yes, however I need to get back to the older version before putting it
> on hold.  Currently I have version 10.37 installed and that has the bug.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/92019/how-to-install-specific-ubuntu-packages-with-exact-version

Again, the first hit on google.  For this sort of question google is
usually much quicker that asking on a mailing list.

Colin