Re: why some packages are kept back?
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 02:07:22PM +0800, Yuwen Dai wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I'm using Debian Sarge. When I ran apt-gete upgrade, this message shows:
>
> ~# apt-get upgrade
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following packages have been kept back:
> ffmpeg libmjpegtools0 mjpegtools mplayer-586 thunderbird
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
>
> Why? What should I do?
An apt-get dist-upgrade should fix it. This occurs if new packages are
needed for some reason. There has been a lot of security updates to
Sarge just recently and maybe a new package is required.
An apt-get upgrade does not pull in any new packages.
--
Chris.
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rejecting it is far too disturbing: that we are subject to a government
conspiracy of `X-Files' proportions and insidiousness."
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