Re: Packages being held back

[Jeff <jcoppock1@comcast.net>]

Bill Marcum, 2004-Mar-13 00:30 -0500:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:19:14PM -0800, Jeff wrote:
> > My laptop is testing/unstable and lately when I do an update in
> > aptitude, all the upgradeable packages come up as being help back.  I
> > can manually set each package to install and they do get installed.
> > Can anyone shed some light on this issue for me?
> > 
> You can also press "U" (capital U) to upgrade all upgradeable packages.
> There's been a change in the default settings in the new version of 
> aptitude.  It was mentioned on the debian-user list.
> If you prefer the old behavior, you can add this line to 
> /etc/apt/apt.conf:
> Aptitude::Auto-Upgrade "true";

Ah, I see.  The "U" works as expected. 

thanks,
jc


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