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Re: apt-get and "kept back" packages



>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> writes:

    Dale> Is there any "automatic" way to get these issues resolved? 
    Dale> Why is apt-get unable to resolve this issue?

    Jason> Use dist-upgrade.
 
Jason, how about making apt-get suggest dist-upgrade if more than X
packages are held back (3? 4? 5?) like it suggests apt-get -f install
for broken dependancies?

Ben

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