Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me?

[Curt <curty@free.fr>]

On 2018-01-20, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
> On 01/18/2018 10:32 PM, songbird wrote:
>> Richard Owlett wrote:
>> ...
>>> This is the *FIRST* time I have attempted to investigate what is being
>>> held back.
>>>
>>> Please educate me ;/
>> 
>>    check your settings -> preferences...> 
>> 
>>    songbird
>> 
>> 
>
> I went there. I did not spot what you wanted me to notice :{
> Thanks for trying.
>

 Synaptic Package Manager provides two methods for marking packages for
 upgrade:
 
 Default Upgrade
 The default upgrade method marks upgrades of installed packages only. If
 the later version of a package depends on not installed packages or
 conflicts with an already installed package, the upgrade will not be
 marked.
 
 Smart Upgrade (Dist-Upgrade)
 The smart upgrade method tries to resolve package conflicts
 intelligently. This includes installing additional required packages and
 preferring packages with higher priority.
 Smart upgrade is also known as dist-upgrade in the console tool apt-get.

Maybe that is what the songbird is tweeting about.

 Settings/Preferences/General/System Upgrade/Always Ask--Default
 Upgrade--Smart Upgrade

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