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Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me?

On 01/20/2018 08:08 AM, Curt wrote:

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



I don't know.
Synaptic is currently set to "Smart Upgrade".
I don't recall having changed anything.
I've just changed it to "Always Ask". I prefer to forced to think first rather than "repent at leisure" ;/
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