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Re: How to determine why a package is "held back"?



On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 03:07, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> > You should do this:
> > # apt-gte update && apt-get dist-upgrade
> 
> I prefer this:
> 
> # apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade --no-remove
> 
> 
> That way if there's a package with broken dependencies, I can see it
> before it removes half my desktop.

Sounds like you put that in a cron script, and I don't like that
idea.  However, this is recommended method, I believe:
In the cron script:
# apt-get update && apt-get -d -u dist-upgrade
Next morning, from a terminal window:
# apt-get -u dist-upgrade

That'll allow you to decide what you *really* want to do, especially
regarding config files.

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