Re: Upgrade woes: "These packages have been kept back"
On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 02:26:39PM +0100, Gary Jones wrote:
> I tried (again) upgrading my 2.1r4 to 2.2r3 today. When I ran
> apt-get --fix-broken --show-upgraded dist-upgrade
> I was told that "These packages have been kept back", and a list of
> about 12 packages, including: login, netstd, passwd, ppp. Most of the
> list I didn't really care about too much, but the above seem pretty
> important for what I use. I thought the normal reason that packages
> were "kept back" was that one or more packages were in a "hold" state
> or something similar, yet I don't have anything like that. Does
> anyone have any clues as to why I got this result, and what the best
> thing to do is, please?
Try apt-get install login, and see what it tells you. That should clarify
why they are being held back.
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David Roundy
http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/
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