Re: deselect & apt

[Remco van de Meent <rvdmeent@xs4all.nl>]

On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Russ Cook wrote:

 : using Apt.  Apt tells me that over 50 packages are being held back.  It
 : doesn't 
 : tell me why.  What does this mean?  I assume that "held back"  means "not
 : going to download", but it doesn't tell me if it is because of conflicts,
 : non-selection,
 : or some other reason.

I think they're marked with "=" in the dselect package-listing. They won't
be upgraded indeed; mark them with "+" if you want to upgrade them, "-" if
you want to remove them. And of course you could leave them "="'s when you
just want to stick with the current binaries.

Good luck,
 -Remco


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