Re: packages have been kept back?
RAccess <pi@home.com> writes:
> What does it mean when I get the following:
> ***
> debian:~# apt-get -u upgrade
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following packages have been kept back
> task-devel-common
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> ***
Perhaps the packages is set 'on hold'. Packages on hold are not
handled by dpkg, unless forced (see man dpkg). You can check the
status of a package with (for example):
dpkg --get-selections | grep $PKG
hth,
moritz
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