[PLUG] How to Ignore Updates?

[BVK]

On 6/13/07, Ameet Gholap <amitrgholap at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am using ubuntu 6.06.
> I got a notification of updates - checked and found them to be xscreensaver
> related.
>
> I want to disable notification for these updates permenantly.
>
> Can anyone help me in disabling them?
>

I am not sure about Ubuntu, but this may work:  Edit
/etc/apt/preferences file and add lines as below:

          Package: xscreensaver
          Pin: version 5.8*
          Pin-Priority: 1001

Change 5.8* in the middle line to current xscreensaver version (hint:
aptitude show xscreensaver | grep -i version). If possible, read man
apt_preferences.

BTW, tell us back if it worked.


/ bvk-chaitanya