Re: Apt and packages on hold
On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, James Dietrich wrote:
> I use the apt method in dselect.
[ ... ]
>
> However, apt still shows those same five X packages
> as being the only ones on hold:
> Updating package status cache...done
> Checking system integrity...ok
> The following packages have been kept back
> xbase xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable xfonts-base
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
>
> Why doesn't it show libc6 and friends as well? I'd like
> to make sure I'm not overlooking something obvious.
libc6 and friends don't need to be updated / don't have a newer version,
so apt isn't holding them back. It will be holding them back when a new
version is available.
At least that's my guess,
Brandon
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