Bug#43582: apt: short info about why packages are being kept back
Package: apt
Version: 0.3.11
Severity: wishlist
apt-get currently just lists packages that have been kept for some
reason.
To find out *why* they're kept back, you need to do an apt-get install
on them. (And this is really not obvious... especially for inexperienced
folks. I mean, the package is installed, so why should I do
apt-get install?)
Maybe a -v (verbose) flag or an -i (info) flag could be added.
It would simply have to spit out what apt-get install spits out when you
ask it. I mean, the code already *has* to be there (somewhere ;-).
Bye, J
PS: Yes, it would be better if packages with broken dependencies
or other problems that make them uninstallable would be
dinstalled... :-/
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux sanctum 2.2.11 #1 Sun Aug 22 16:46:45 CEST 1999 i686 unknown
Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.2-0pre10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone
ii libstdc++2.9-gl 2.91.66-2 The GNU stdc++ library (EGCS version)
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