On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Mike Kershaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 01:29:50PM -0400, John Mort wrote:
>> I did an update in aptitude and saw the following output:
>>
>> The following packages have been kept back:
>>   libxcompshad nxagent nxlibs nxproxy openssh-client openssh-server ssl-cert
>> The following packages will be upgraded:
>>   ssh-askpass-gnome
>>
>> I'm not sure why openssh-server is being held back, so my questions are:
>> 1. Is this an effected package, or does upgrading ssh-askpass-gnome
>> take care of this issue?
>> 2. How do I determine why a package is being held back?
>> 3. Is there a way to force the update?
>
> It's a system-changing package, so they require you to use dist-upgrade
> instead of just upgrade.  (I just had to google it myself)
>

Ah, in that case I think I'll wait until after work and do it locally. Thanks!


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