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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.
======
" ... the official version cannot be abandoned because the implication of
rejecting it is far too disturbing: that we are subject to a government
conspiracy of `X-Files' proportions and insidiousness."
Letter to the LA Times Magazine, September 18, 2005.



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