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Re: Yikes, 140 held packages



On Jo, 27 oct 11, 15:08:57, Harry Putnam wrote:
> 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?
 
Yes, not running full-upgrade (or equivalent) when really needed.

> 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. 

What are you using for updates, just the Update Manager or 
apt-get/aptitude?

Regards,
Andrei
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