Index: /trunk/ippTools/share/pstamptool_getdependent.sql
===================================================================
--- /trunk/ippTools/share/pstamptool_getdependent.sql	(revision 35364)
+++ /trunk/ippTools/share/pstamptool_getdependent.sql	(revision 35365)
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 SELECT DISTINCT pstampDependent.*
 FROM pstampDependent
-WHERE pstampDependent.state = 'new'
+WHERE (pstampDependent.state = 'new' OR pstampDependent.state = 'hold')
Index: /trunk/ippTools/src/pstamptool.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/ippTools/src/pstamptool.c	(revision 35364)
+++ /trunk/ippTools/src/pstamptool.c	(revision 35365)
@@ -1234,4 +1234,5 @@
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(need_magic, config->args, "-need_magic", false);
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(no_create,  config->args, "-no_create", false);
+    PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(hold,       config->args, "-hold", false);
 
     psMetadata *where = psMetadataAlloc();
@@ -1265,4 +1266,7 @@
         psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
         psFree(query);
+        if (!psDBRollback(config->dbh)) {
+            psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
+        }
         return false;
     }
@@ -1272,4 +1276,7 @@
     if (!output) {
         psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
+        if (!psDBRollback(config->dbh)) {
+            psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
+        }
         return false;
     }
@@ -1280,4 +1287,7 @@
             psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
             psFree(output);
+            if (!psDBRollback(config->dbh)) {
+                psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
+            }
             return false;
         }
@@ -1285,10 +1295,51 @@
         if (fault > 0) {
             fprintf(stderr, "existing dependent has fault %d\n", fault);
+            if (!psDBRollback(config->dbh)) {
+                psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
+            }
+            // return the fault to the client. This is used by the postage stamp parser
             exit (fault);
         }
+        bool commit = false;
+        // Check the state of the exisiting dependent. By query it is either
+        // new or hold
+        psString state = psMetadataLookupStr(NULL, dep, "state");
+        if (!hold && !strcmp(state, "hold")) {
+            // There is a dependent for this component but it's state is hold.
+            // This client needs one that will run.
+            // Update the state
+            psString updateQuery = NULL;
+            psStringAppend(&updateQuery, "UPDATE pstampDependent SET state = 'new' "
+                "\nWHERE stage = '%s' AND imagedb = '%s' AND stage_id = %"PRId64 " AND component = '%s'", 
+                    stage, imagedb, stage_id, component);
+
+            if (!p_psDBRunQuery(config->dbh, updateQuery)) {
+                psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
+                psFree(updateQuery);
+                if (!psDBRollback(config->dbh)) {
+                    psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+            // set flag to commit this change
+            commit = true;
+            psFree(updateQuery);
+        }
+        // print the dep_id for the user
         printf("%" PRId64 "\n", dep_id);
         psFree(output);
-        if (!psDBRollback(config->dbh)) {
+        // now either commit the change or rollback the transaction which releases the lock
+        if (commit) {
+            if (!psDBCommit(config->dbh)) {
+                // rollback
+                if (!psDBRollback(config->dbh)) {
+                    psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
+                }
             psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
+            return false;
+            }
+        } else if (!psDBRollback(config->dbh)) {
+            psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
+            return false;
         }
         return true;
@@ -1308,5 +1359,5 @@
         config->dbh,
         0,              // dep_id
-        "new",          // state
+        hold ? "hold" : "new",          // state
         stage,
         stage_id,
Index: /trunk/ippTools/src/pstamptoolConfig.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/ippTools/src/pstamptoolConfig.c	(revision 35364)
+++ /trunk/ippTools/src/pstamptoolConfig.c	(revision 35365)
@@ -223,4 +223,5 @@
     psMetadataAddBool(getdependentArgs,PS_LIST_TAIL, "-need_magic", 0, "define need_magic", false);
     psMetadataAddStr(getdependentArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-outdir", 0,    "define output directory for dependent (required)", NULL);
+    psMetadataAddBool(getdependentArgs,PS_LIST_TAIL, "-hold", 0, "if creating new dependent set it's state to hold", false);
     psMetadataAddBool(getdependentArgs,PS_LIST_TAIL, "-no_create", 0, "if no matching dependent do not create one", false);