Re: apt-get upgrade (stable to testing) 151 packages held back

[xucaen@access-4-free.com]

Hi! I just did an upgrade last week. After you change your
sources.list do apt-get update to update the package
listing. then do  apt-get dist-upgrade to upgrade the entire
system.

Jim

----- Original Message Follows -----
> Hi guys,
> 
> Is it *normal* for 151 packages to be held back 
> and only 28 upgraded
> when upgrading Woody[1] to Sarge?
> 
> I did[2],
>     rhc:/etc/apt# vi sources.list
>     rhc:/etc/apt# apt-get upgrade
>     rhc:/etc/apt# apt-get update
> 
> Did I do the upgrade incorrectly?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Roger
> TEFLChina.org
> 
> [1]
> Woody CD#1 bf24 + Net Install + Tasksel's Standard UNIX
> server.
> 
> [2]
> my upgrade bash session:
> 
>     rhc:/etc/apt# vi sources.list
> (edited out security source, and :%s/stable/testing/)
> 
>     rhc:/etc/apt# apt-get update
> Get:1 http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/main Packages
> [2757kB] Get:2 http://non-us.debian.org
> testing/non-US/main Packages [6771B] Get:3
> http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Release [88B]
> Get:4 http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Sources
> [3123B] Get:5 http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main
> Release [90B] Get:6 http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu
> testing/main Release [81B] Get:7
> http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/main Sources
> [1086kB] Get:8 http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu testing/main
> Release [83B] Fetched 3853kB in 26s (147kB/s)
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> 
>     rhc:/etc/apt# apt-get upgrade
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following packages have been kept back
>   apt apt-utils base-config base-passwd bash bc bin86
> bind9-host binutils  bison bsdgames bsdmainutils bsdutils
> console-tools cpio cpp
>   cpp-2.95 cron dc debconf debianutils dhcp-client
> dnsutils dpkg e2fsprogs ed  exim fdutils file fileutils
> findutils flex ftp ftpd g++
>   g++-2.95 gcc gcc-2.95 gdb gettext-base gnupg grep
> groff-base gzip hostname  iamerican ibritish ifupdown info
> iptables ispell less libc6
>   libc6-dev libcap1 libdb2 libdb3 libfreetype6 libgcc1
> libgdbmg1 libglib1.2  libgtk1.2 libident libldap2
> liblockfile1 liblwres1 libncurses5
>   libnss-db libpam-modules libpam0g libpcre3 libpng2
> libpopt0 libreadline4  libsasl7 libssl0.9.6
> libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 libwrap0 libxaw7
>   lilo locales login logrotate lpr lynx mailx make man-db
> mawk modutils mount  mpack mtools mtr mutt nano
> ncurses-bin net-tools netcat
>   nfs-common nfs-kernel-server nvi passwd patch pciutils
> pdksh perl perl-base  perl-modules pidentd portmap ppp
> pppoe pppoeconf procps
>   psmisc python python-newt python2.1 rcs reportbug sed
> setserial shellutils  slang1 ssh strace syslinux sysvinit
> talk talkd tar tasksel
>   tcpd tcsh telnet telnetd texinfo textutils time
> traceroute util-linux  vacation wenglish whiptail whois
> xfree86-common xlibs ytalk zlib1g
>   zsh
> 28 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and
> 151  not upgraded. Need to get 16.5MB of archives. After
> unpacking 3551kB will be used. Do you want to continue?
> [Y/n]
> 
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