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

[Keith]

On 11/18/21 3:20 PM, Chris Green 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.
>

Here's the package you can download and install locally.

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pcre2/libpcre2-8-0_10.36-2ubuntu5_amd64.deb

There's a lot of packages that list libpcre2 as a dependency, and some
of those may require a certain version higher than 10.36.

Gdebi is good tool to install local packages as it will resolve
dependencies for you like apt, and will tell you if it's possible to
install a package or not.

--
Keith