Re: aptitude: packages have been kept back
rds wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ran "aptitude upgrade --show-versions" today and got
the following. Can anyone
> shed some light on why these packages are kept back?
And what should I do about
> it (I'd like to keep the system in synch with
testing)?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Checking if the system needs to be upgraded...
> ...
> Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main
Packages [3112kB]
> ...
> Get:2 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Release
[81B]
> ...
> Get:3 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Sources
[1224kB]
> ...
> Get:4 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Release
[83B]
> ...
> Fetched 4336kB in 1m22s (52.5kB/s)
> ...
> Reading task descriptions... 2%
> ...
> Reading task descriptions... Done
> The following packages have been kept back:
> bind9 [1:9.2.3+9.2.4-rc5-1 -> 1:9.2.4-1]
bind9-host [1:9.2.3+9.2.4-rc5-1 -> 1:9.2.4-1]
dnsutils [1:9.2.3+9.2.4-rc5-1 -> 1:9.2.4-1] libisc7
[1:9.2.3+9.2.4-rc5-1 -> 1:9.2.4-1] libisccc0
[1:9.2.3+9.2.4-rc5-1 -> 1:9.2.4-1] libisccfg0
[1:9.2.3+9.2.4-rc5-1 -> 1:9.2.4-1] The following
packages will be upgraded:
> aptitude [0.2.15.7-1 -> 0.2.15.8-1] grub
[0.95+cvs20040624-9 -> 0.95+cvs20040624-10] libc6
[2.3.2.ds1-16 -> 2.3.2.ds1-18] liblwres1
[1:9.2.3+9.2.4-rc5-1 -> 1:9.2.4-1] locales
[2.3.2.ds1-16 -> 2.3.2.ds1-18] The following packages
are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
> aptitude-doc-en [0.2.15.8-1] 5 packages upgraded, 0
newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
> Need to get 10.9MB of archives. After unpacking
20.5kB will be used.
> Would download/install/remove packages.
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never use aptitude but if upgrade keep some packages
back, I force it by :
apt-get dist-upgrade
cheers,
--me--
cheers,
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