/etc/sources.list question
On my laptop, when I am at home, I would like to use the Debian CDs 1-7,
however at work I would prefer to use the mirrors at the local uni.
Is there anyway to set which are my preferred sources or source order ?
I tried creating 2 sources.list files and renaming depending where I was,
but things started generating errors.
Matthew Joyce
-----Original Message-----
From: nate [mailto:debian-user@aphroland.org]
Sent: Tuesday, 17 September 2002 11:13 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: apt-get 'package held back' question
Neal Lippman said:
> I just did a "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade" and was told that a
> package (which I know to have been recently updated) was being "held
> back."
this usually occurs when an update depends upon another package which it did
not previously depend upon(or something like that). You can override it by
specifying the package directly, so if XYZ was held you can upgrade it by
apt-get install XYZ it will probably tell you another package will be
installed in addition to XYZ
another reason(less likely) is that you or someone else on the system
specifically told the system not to upgrade that package(a very specific
procedure), so the system won't upgrade it unless specifically instructed
to.
nate
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