On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 02:37:53 -0400, Bill Marcum wrote:

> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 05:39:21 -0000, JD
> <jd@something.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I run Debian Sarge, with some packages from backports.org.
>> One of the backport packages is inkscape 0.44, the latest stable
>> release. Version 0.44 has a serious bug, so I went back to 0.43.
>> The problem is that apt is very persistent in want to upgrade to
>> version 0.44. How do I avoid that? Setting Pin-Priority in
>> /etc/apt/preferences does not work.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Use aptitude, select inkscape and press "=".

You can also set the package on hold using dpkg (see
http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html section 6.12)

Onno