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Re: apt-get vs. deselect



On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 11:19:50PM -0500, Chuck Payne wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to update a couple packages, I don't want to update 
> everything and when I do like
> 
> apt-get upgrade calmd
> 
> I get a list of some 400 other pacakges that will be ugprade and I don't 
> want that.
> 
> I was told I could do it with deselect, but I don't see how.
> 
> Please, some help.
> 
If your system wants to upgrade 400 packages, it has a reason. I'd say
that calmd has newer dependencies. This leads me to believe that you
have a mixed source list. What's in /etc/apt/sources.list ?

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