[SOLVED] Re: Problems upgrading Python in Sid
> > 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
As I said before in another reply, "perhaps some apt-get magic"...
It worked. Thanks !!!
> You should then be able to upgrade the rest of your stuff from within
> dselect. If there is still stuff held back post again.
apt-get install python removed python-base and upgraded all of the
packages but one.
Then, with dselect I upgraded that one (python1.5-tk) and it also
removed python1.5-base.
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