Re: Problems upgrading Python in Sid

[Simon Hepburn <sth@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Daniel Toffetti wrote:

> Both apt-get upgrade and apt-get --ignore-hold upgrade give "The
> following packages are kept back". Nothing is upgraded.

Debian now has a dependency package called python which depends on the 
current default version of python and replaces python-base. Your problems are 
due to the fact that dselect does not currently understand "replaces:". This 
is a known bug. Do:

# apt-get install python

You should then be able to upgrade the rest of your stuff from within 
dselect. If there is still stuff held back post again.

-- 
Simon Hepburn.


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