The file /etc/apt/preferences allows you to only update certain packages by assigning a value to a version or repository. The concept is quite confusing but manageable if you read up on "man apt_preferences" and try to follow the examples.
<br><br>I think there are other ways to use aptitude and apt to hold on some updates and apply the one you want but usually you will want to keep the settings over some period of time.<br><br> The following record assigns a low priority to all package versions
<br> belonging to any distribution whose Archive name is "unstable".<br><br> Package: *<br> Pin: release a=unstable<br> Pin-Priority: 50<br><br> The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions
<br> belonging to any release whose Archive name is "stable" and whose<br> release Version number is "3.0".<br><br> Package: *<br> Pin: release a=stable, v=3.0<br>
Pin-Priority: 500<br><br><br>-- <br>Jeff Rasmussen<br>GPG public key 0x9686C12F