Re: Packages being kept back after security notices

[Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 10:23:28PM +0100, Lesley wrote:

> I hope someone can help.  With no intervention from me I get the 
> following on an apt-get upgrade after an apt-get update
> 
> The following packages have been kept back:
>   icedove openoffice.org openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-calc 
> openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-evolution 
> openoffice.org-gcj
>   openoffice.org-gtk openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-java-common 
> openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-writer python-uno
> 
> after
> [DSA 1307-1] New OpenOffice.org packages fix arbitrary code execution
> and
> [DSA 1305-1] New icedove packages fix several vulnerabilities
> 
> 
> Why would these packages be kept back?

As per http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2007/06/msg00042.html
you need to use apt-get dist-upgrade for this particular upgrade, as it
was necessary to change a library version OpenOffice.org depended on.

Dominic.

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