Re: Can't do security updates in aptitude for 3 packages
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:49:47AM +0200, Csanyi Pal <csanyipal@gmail.com> was heard to say:
> Hi,
>
> my system is Debian GNU/Linux Lenny with linux-image 2.6.26-2-486.
>
> When I run:
>
> $ sudo aptitude
>
> and did update I get that there is three packages for sevurity updates
> available.
>
> When I hit 'g' to did security updates I get message:
>
> --\ Packages being automatically held in their current state (3)
> i A libopenexr6 1.6.1-3 1.6.1-3+le
> i A linux-image-2.6.26-2-486 2.6.26-17 2.6.26-17l
> i A linux-libc-dev 2.6.26-17 2.6.26-17l
>
> These packages could be upgraded, but they have been kept in their
> current state to avoid breaking dependencies.
> This group contains 3 packages.
Interestingly, it looks to me like aptitude places packages in this
group when you just haven't requested any action on them. I think it's
based on the "auto" flag, which is totally wrong. I would just ignore
the "automatically held" group and the supposed "explanations" for now.
Daniel
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