On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 08:46:23AM -0400, stan wrote: > I've noticed lately on my testing/unstable systems that when I don an > apt-get upgrade, I;m geting various packes that are "held back". > > What's this all about? Part of apt-get(8): upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages currently installed with new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circum- stances are currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages that cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another package will be left at their current version. An update must be performed first so that apt-get knows that new versions of packages are available. If a package is not upgraded, it is held back. Packages are also held back if dependencies cannot be met (eg. depended upon package version not yet available). -- Seneca seneca-cunningham@rogers.com
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