dselect has a bunch of packages on hold?

[hgh@rcwm.com]

Hey gang,

I was looking for some packages using dselect and noticed a bunch of
packages at the top of the list on "hold".  The summary says there are
43 packages that won't be upgraded.

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 43 not upgraded.

Can I just mark these packages for installation with a "+" again?

Will that mess anything up?

Thanks, hgh.

FYI: Head of dselect "select" listing:

   ─── Updated packages (newer version is available)
───
    ───── Updated Required packages
─────
    ─────── Updated Required
packages in section base
───────
 *== Req base     base-files   3.1         3.1.2       Debian base system
miscellaneous files
 *== Req base     base-passwd  3.5.7       3.5.9       Debian base system
master password and group files
 *== Req base     bsdutils     2.12-3      2.12-10     Basic utilities
from 4.4BSD-Lite
 *== Req base     diff         2.8.1-6     2.8.1-7     File comparison
utilities
 *== Req base     dpkg         1.10.23     1.10.26     Package maintenance
system for Debian
 *== Req base     dselect      1.10.23     1.10.26     a user tool to
manage Debian packages
 *== Req base     findutils    4.1.20-4    4.1.20-5    utilities for
finding files--find, xargs, and locate
 *== Req base     initscripts  2.86-1      2.86.ds1-1  Standard scripts
needed for booting and shutting down
 *== Req base     login        4.0.3-30    4.0.3-30.8  System login tools
 *== Req base     makedev      2.3.1-74    2.3.1-75    Creates device
files in /dev
 *== Req base     mount        2.12-3      2.12-10     Tools for mounting
and manipulating filesystems
 *== Req base     passwd       4.0.3-30    4.0.3-30.8  Change and
administer password and group data
 *== Req base     sed          4.1.1-1     4.1.2-8     The GNU sed stream
editor
 *== Req base     sysv-rc      2.86-1      2.86.ds1-1  Standard boot
mechanism using symlinks in /etc/rc?.d
 *== Req base     sysvinit     2.86-1      2.86.ds1-1  System-V like init
    ───── Updated Important packages
─────
    ─────── Updated Important
packages in section admin
───────
 *== Imp admin    debconf-i18n 1.4.30      1.4.30.11   full
internationalization support for debconf