---
name: "sbuild-hold"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sbuild"
version: "0.89.3+deb13u4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sbuild-hold"
---

# sbuild-hold(1)

hold packages in an sbuild chroot

## NAME

sbuild-hold - hold packages in an sbuild chroot

## SYNOPSIS

**sbuild-hold** \[**-h**\|**--help** \| **-V**\|**--version**\] **CHROOT** \[**PACKAGE1** \[**PACKAGE2** \[**PACKAGE***n*****\]\]\]\
 **sbuild-unhold** \[**-h**\|**--help** \| **-V**\|**--version**\] **CHROOT** \[**PACKAGE1** \[**PACKAGE2** \[**PACKAGE***n*****\]\]\]

## 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)](/sbuild/1.md).