> Hi! > > Doing "apt-get -u upgrade" currently tells me that 88 packages are held > back (am tracking unstable). What is the rationale for this and why so > many packages? > > Greetings, > > Lucien try doing "apt-get -u dist-upgrade" upgrade just upgrades the pacages that are installed, dist-upgrade will install any new packages that are needed by the packages that are being held back. HTH Ian