Is it possible to pin a version of a debian package?
Is it possible to pin only the major version? (like with pip install "pyramid < 1.4.0" will install the latest 1.3.x but will not upgrade the major version)?
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Method 1
You can do this, for example, by creating a file /etc/apt/preferences.d/yourpackage as
Package: yourpackage Pin: version 7.* Pin-Priority: 999
This would allow upgrades to yourpackage to versions matching 7.*
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