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Re: Apt-get upgrade holding back



On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 10:48:04AM +0100, steve downes wrote:
> Apt-get upgrade is holding back a number of packages without giving a
> reason.

The upgrade method is designed to hold back packages if dependencies
change. Try dist-upgrade instead.

You can find out exactly what's going on using '-o
Debug::pkgProblemResolver=1', but the output may not be very easy to
understand. You might want to consider using a real frontend like
dselect or aptitude instead.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]


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