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SBUILD-HOLD(1)

Debian sbuild

SBUILD-HOLD(1)

NAME

sbuild-hold - hold packages in an sbuild chroot

SYNOPSIS

sbuild-hold [-h|--help | -V|--version] CHROOT [PACKAGE1 [PACKAGE2 [PACKAGEn]]]
sbuild-unhold [-h|--help | -V|--version] CHROOT [PACKAGE1 [PACKAGE2 [PACKAGEn]]]

DESCRIPTION

sbuild-hold and sbuild-unhold set and unset the dpkg hold status for the specified packages, respectively.

OPTIONS

Actions

-h, --help: Display this manual.
-V, --version: Print version information.

Chroot and package selection

CHROOT: The chroot to use. Note that ‘o’, ‘s’, ‘t’, ‘u’ and ‘e’ may be used as abbreviations for ‘oldstable’, ‘stable’, ‘testing’, ‘unstable’ and ‘experimental’, respectively.
PACKAGE: The packages for which the hold status is to be changed.

EXAMPLES

To hold the libc6 package in the unstable chroot:

% sbuild-hold unstable libc6

AUTHORS

Roger Leigh.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006–2007 Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>.

SEE ALSO

sbuild(1).

28 December 2025

Version 0.89.3+deb13u4