[kwlug-disc] Meltown fix for Linux kernel

[Hubert Chathi]

On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:52:03 -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> said:

> I looked at the pages documenting 'pinning' of .deb packages, and it
> seems to be an overly complex task.

> Any ideas on how to bypass kernel upgrades while applying updates for
> other packages to go through?

The easiest way is probably to mark the packages as held back by doing
"apt-mark hold [packagename]".  This will prevent the package from being
automatically upgraded or removed.

Hubert