Re: aptitude: packages have been kept back
--- rds <rustydstone@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The thing is I install all my packages using aptitude. If I use apt-get, I
> believe the aptitude database will be out of synch and I'd like to avoid
> that.
>
> I tried "aptitude dist-upgrade bind9 dnsutils --simulate" but that offers me
> to
> install 626 NEW packages and that's not what I want.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on why these packages are kept back? Any way to
> resolve this "kept back" issue using aptitude?
>
I was able to resolve it using the following:
# aptitude remove bind9 dnsutils --show-versions
and then
# aptitude install bind9 dnsutils --show-versions
Cheers
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