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Yikes, 140 held packages



I noticed this command posted for another recent thread:
   aptitude search ~ahold

I was curious so ran it myself.  I was shocked to see quite a bunch of
held packages.. 140 to be exact.  Are there any circumstances that
would warrant such a high count?

I'm running wheezy on 32 bit P4 3.02 Ghz and 2gb ram.  I've been
following along with the update notices so should be pretty up to
date. 

-------        ---------       ---=---       ---------      -------- 

   aptitude search ~ahold|wc -l
  140

    aptitude search ~ahold

ih  ant                         Java based build tool like make            
ih  ant-optional                Java based build tool like make - opt
ihA anthy                       input method for Japanese - backend, 
ihA anthy-common                input method for Japanese - common fi
ihA apache2-doc                 Apache HTTP Server documentation     
ihA apache2-mpm-prefork         Apache HTTP Server - traditional non-
ihA apache2-utils               utility programs for webservers      
ihA apache2.2-bin               Apache HTTP Server common binary file
ihA apache2.2-common            Apache HTTP Server common files      
ih  browser-plugin-gnash        GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Pl
ihA cups                        Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - ser
ihA cups-bsd                    Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD
ihA cups-client                 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - cli
ihA cups-common                 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - com
ihA cups-ppdc                   Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD
ihA dbus                        simple interprocess messaging system 
ihA dbus-x11                    simple interprocess messaging system 
ihA deskbar-applet              universal search and navigation bar f
ihA dpkg-dev                    Debian package development tools     
ihA foomatic-db-compressed-ppds OpenPrinting printer support - Compre
ihA fuse                        Filesystem in Userspace              
ihA fuse-utils                  Filesystem in Userspace (transitional
ihA giblib1                     wrapper library for imlib2, and other
ihA gimp                        The GNU Image Manipulation Program   
ihA gimp-data                   Data files for GIMP                  
ihA gir1.2-atk-1.0              ATK accessibility toolkit (GObject in
ihA gir1.2-json-1.0             GLib JSON manipulation library (intro
ihA glib-networking             network-related giomodules for GLib  
ih  gnash                       GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player     
ih  gnash-common                GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Co
ihA gnome-session               GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 2 sessi
ihA gnome-session-bin           GNOME Session Manager - Minimal runti
ihA gnome-session-common        Common files for the GNOME session ma
ihA hpijs                       HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs IJ
ihA hplip                       HP Linux Printing and Imaging System 
ihA hplip-cups                  HP Linux Printing and Imaging - CUPS 
ihA hplip-data                  HP Linux Printing and Imaging - data 
ihA libanthy0                   input method for Japanese - runtime l
ihA libapache2-mod-python       Python-embedding module for Apache 2 
ihA libatk1.0-0                 ATK accessibility toolkit            
ihA libatk1.0-data              Common files for the ATK accessibilit
ihA libavcodec53                Libav codec library                  
ihA libavformat53               Libav file format library            
ihA libavutil51                 Libav utility library                
ihA libbrlapi0.5                braille display access via BRLTTY - s
ihA libcaca0                    colour ASCII art library             
ih  libcommons-beanutils-java   utility for manipulating JavaBeans   
ihA libcups2                    Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Cor
ihA libcupscgi1                 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - CGI
ihA libcupsdriver1              Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Dri
ihA libcupsimage2               Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Ras
ihA libcupsmime1                Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - MIM
ihA libcupsppdc1                Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD
ihA libdb4.8                    Berkeley v4.8 Database Libraries [run
ihA libdbus-1-3                 simple interprocess messaging system 
ihA libdpkg-perl                Dpkg perl modules                    
ihA libffi5                     Foreign Function Interface library ru
ihA libfile-listing-perl        module to parse directory listings   
ihA libfuse2                    Filesystem in Userspace (library)    
ihA libgimp2.0                  Libraries for the GNU Image Manipulat
ihA libgl1-mesa-dri             free implementation of the OpenGL API
ihA libgl1-mesa-glx             free implementation of the OpenGL API
ihA libglapi-mesa               free implementation of the GL API -- 
ihA libglu1-mesa                Mesa OpenGL utility library (GLU)    
ihA libgphoto2-2                gphoto2 digital camera library       
ihA libgphoto2-l10n             gphoto2 digital camera library - loca
ihA libgphoto2-port0            gphoto2 digital camera port library  
ihA libgraphite2-2.0.0          Font rendering engine for Complex Scr
ihA libhpmud0                   HP Multi-Point Transport Driver (hpmu
ihA libimobiledevice2           Library for communicating with the iP
ihA libjs-jquery                JavaScript library for dynamic web ap
ihA libjson-glib-1.0-0          GLib JSON manipulation library       
ihA liblcms1                    Little CMS color management library  
ihA libopenal1                  Software implementation of the OpenAL
ihA liborc-0.4-0                Library of Optimized Inner Loops Runt
ihA libpciaccess0               Generic PCI access library for X     
ihA libplist1                   Library for handling Apple binary and
ihA libpolkit-gtk-1-0           PolicyKit GTK+ API                   
ihA libpostproc52               Libav video postprocessing library   
ih  libreoffice                 office productivity suite            
ihA libreoffice-base            office productivity suite -- database
ihA libreoffice-base-core       office productivity suite -- shared l
ih  libreoffice-calc            office productivity suite -- spreadsh
ihA libreoffice-common          office productivity suite -- arch-ind
ihA libreoffice-core            office productivity suite -- arch-dep
ih  libreoffice-draw            office productivity suite -- drawing 
ih  libreoffice-emailmerge      office productivity suite -- email ma
ihA libreoffice-evolution       office productivity suite -- Evolutio
ih  libreoffice-filter-binfilt  office productivity suite -- legacy f
ih  libreoffice-filter-mobiled  office productivity suite -- mobile d
ihA libreoffice-gnome           office productivity suite -- GNOME in
ihA libreoffice-gtk             office productivity suite -- GTK+ int
ih  libreoffice-help-en-us      office productivity suite -- English_
ih  libreoffice-impress         office productivity suite -- presenta
ihA libreoffice-java-common     office productivity suite -- arch-ind
ih  libreoffice-math            office productivity suite -- equation
ih  libreoffice-report-builder  LibreOffice extension for building da
ihA libreoffice-style-galaxy    office productivity suite -- Galaxy (
ihA libreoffice-style-tango     office productivity suite -- Tango sy
ih  libreoffice-writer          office productivity suite -- word pro
ihA libsane-hpaio               HP SANE backend for multi-function pe
ihA libswscale2                 Libav video scaling library          
ihA libtdb1                     Trivial Database - shared library    
ihA libtotem-plparser17         Totem Playlist Parser library - runti
ihA libwpd-0.9-9                Library for handling WordPerfect docu
ihA libx11-6                    X11 client-side library              
ihA libx11-data                 X11 client-side library              
ihA libx11-xcb1                 Xlib/XCB interface library           
ihA ntfs-3g                     read/write NTFS driver for FUSE      
ihA policykit-1-gnome           GNOME authentication agent for Policy
ihA python-brlapi               Python bindings for BrlAPI           
ihA python-crypto               cryptographic algorithms and protocol
ih  python-uno                  Python-UNO bridge                    
ihA sudo                        Provide limited super user privileges
ihA tdb-tools                   Trivial Database - bundled binaries  
ihA texlive-base                TeX Live: Essential programs and file
ihA texlive-common              TeX Live: Base component             
ihA texlive-fonts-recommended   TeX Live: Recommended fonts          
ihA texlive-fonts-recommended-  TeX Live: Documentation files for tex
ihA texlive-generic-recommende  TeX Live: Recommended generic package
ihA texlive-latex-base          TeX Live: Basic LaTeX packages       
ihA texlive-latex-base-doc      TeX Live: Documentation files for tex
ihA texlive-latex-recommended   TeX Live: LaTeX recommended packages 
ihA texlive-latex-recommended-  TeX Live: Documentation files for tex
ihA texlive-luatex              TeX Live: LuaTeX packages            
ihA texlive-metapost            TeX Live: MetaPost (and Metafont) dra
ihA texlive-metapost-doc        TeX Live: Documentation files for tex
ihA tomboy                      desktop note taking program using Wik
ihA totem                       A simple media player for the GNOME d
ihA totem-mozilla               Totem Mozilla plugin                 
ihA totem-plugins               Plugins for the Totem media player   
ihA ttf-opensymbol              OpenSymbol TrueType font             
ihA tzdata-java                 time zone and daylight-saving time da
ihA uno-libs3                   LibreOffice UNO runtime environment -
ihA ure                         LibreOffice UNO runtime environment  
ihA x11-common                  X Window System (X.Org) infrastructur
ih  xorg                        X.Org X Window System                
ihA xserver-xorg                X.Org X server                       
ihA xserver-xorg-input-all      X.Org X server -- input driver metapa
ihA xserver-xorg-video-all      X.Org X server -- output driver metap


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