/usr/sbin/dpkg-purge is in dlocate 1.02.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | #! /bin/bash
# dpkg-hold -- command line tool to flag package(s) as held.
#
# by Craig Sanders, 1998-10-26. This script is hereby placed into the
# public domain.
#
# BUGS: this script has absolutely no error checking. this is not good.
if [ -z "$*" ] ; then
echo "Usage:"
echo " dpkg-hold <package...>"
exit 1
fi
for i in $@ ; do
echo "$i purge"
done | dpkg --set-selections
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