Re: Re: Re: blocked update: Berkeley database utitility

2017-09-20 Thread Charles E. Blair 
Thanks for previous suggestions, and my 
apologies for violations of user-list
etiquette.

The output from the "why" command:

> Unable to find a reason to install db5.1-util.

   I don't know what the package db5.1-util
does.  The "blocked update" led me to imagine
that there was some serious bug or conflict
with other packages.  If this is not the case,
my inept use of aptitude may have put some
kind of hold on this package.

Re: Re: blocked update: Berkeley database utitility

2017-09-20 Thread Dan Ritter 
On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 10:37:37AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> OK. run:
> 
> aptitude unhold db5.1-util
> apt upgrade
> 
> and see what happens.

And he sent me more private email, in which he indicates that
it didn't work.

My next suggestion is that he try "aptitude why db5.1-util" in
the hopes of finding some other package which is restricting
the update.

-dsr-

Re: Re: blocked update: Berkeley database utitility

2017-09-20 Thread Dan Ritter 
On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 09:52:03AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 05:51:52PM -0500, Charles E. Blair wrote:
> >I am using debian version 8.9.
> > 
> >I have received several "updates available"
> > notices that include Berkeley database utilities
> > that are described as "blocked".
> > 
> >I just tried aptitude.  It says that an upgrade
> > of the package db5.1-util from version 5.1.29-5 to
> > 5.1.29-9 is available, but that I (the user) have
> > asked to stay the current version.  I did not do
> > this intentionally, and don't think I have ever
> > used the programs in this package.
> 
> 
> run:
> 
> apt-cache policy db5.1-util
> 
> and quote the output here. Don't paraphrase it, please.
> 

To which he replied:

>   Thanks for your help.  The output:
>
>db5.1-util:
>  Installed: 5.1.29-5
>  Candidate: 5.1.29-9
>  Version table:
> 5.1.29-9 0
>500 http://debian.cites.illinois.edu/pub/debian/
>jessie/main amd64 Packages
> *** 5.1.29-5 0
>100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

OK. run:

aptitude unhold db5.1-util
apt upgrade

and see what happens.

-dsr-

Re: Re: blocked update: Berkeley database utitility

2017-09-20 Thread Dan Ritter 
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 05:51:52PM -0500, Charles E. Blair wrote:
>I am using debian version 8.9.
> 
>I have received several "updates available"
> notices that include Berkeley database utilities
> that are described as "blocked".
> 
>I just tried aptitude.  It says that an upgrade
> of the package db5.1-util from version 5.1.29-5 to
> 5.1.29-9 is available, but that I (the user) have
> asked to stay the current version.  I did not do
> this intentionally, and don't think I have ever
> used the programs in this package.


run:

apt-cache policy db5.1-util

and quote the output here. Don't paraphrase it, please.

-dsr-

Re: Re: blocked update: Berkeley database utitility

2017-09-19 Thread Charles E. Blair 
   I am using debian version 8.9.

   I have received several "updates available"
notices that include Berkeley database utilities
that are described as "blocked".

   I just tried aptitude.  It says that an upgrade
of the package db5.1-util from version 5.1.29-5 to
5.1.29-9 is available, but that I (the user) have
asked to stay the current version.  I did not do
this intentionally, and don't think I have ever
used the programs in this package.