Re: Jessie --> Stretch upgrade, apt question

2017-06-30 Thread David Wright
On Thu 29 Jun 2017 at 07:31:35 (+), Curt wrote: > On 2017-06-28, David Wright wrote: > > > >> 'apt-get install ' will tell you why a package is being held > >> back (or, as discussed in another thread, will ask your permission to > >> install an extra package--or

Re: Jessie --> Stretch upgrade, apt question

2017-06-29 Thread Curt
On 2017-06-28, David Wright wrote: > >> 'apt-get install ' will tell you why a package is being held >> back (or, as discussed in another thread, will ask your permission to >> install an extra package--or packages--in order to meet its dependencies). > > It's less risky

Re: Jessie --> Stretch upgrade, apt question

2017-06-28 Thread David Wright
On Sun 25 Jun 2017 at 11:36:37 (+), Curt wrote: > On 2017-06-25, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > > My question is that since the upgrade chromium is held back from > > upgrading, and in this new world I don't know how to find out why. In > > aptitude I would have done

Re: Jessie --> Stretch upgrade, apt question

2017-06-28 Thread Brian
On Wed 28 Jun 2017 at 22:19:18 +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 11:18:46AM +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote: > > > > In short, use aptitude for why and why-not. Closest thing apt-get and > > friends have would be apt-cache --important depends/rdepends. But, > > aptitude is much

Re: Jessie --> Stretch upgrade, apt question

2017-06-28 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 11:36:37AM +, Curt wrote: > On 2017-06-25, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > > My question is that since the upgrade chromium is held back from > > upgrading, and in this new world I don't know how to find out why. In > > aptitude I would have done

Re: Jessie --> Stretch upgrade, apt question

2017-06-28 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 11:18:46AM +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote: > On 25-06-17, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > Hello the list! > > > > I have upgraded this weekend from Jessie to Stretch. All went, overall, > > reasonably smoothly -- the documentation around releases is getting > > better and better. I

Re: Jessie --> Stretch upgrade, apt question

2017-06-25 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 12:29:27PM -0700, Cousin Stanley wrote: > Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > > > I do wish apt show made it easier to tell > > if a package is installed > > > > $ apt policy some-pkg-name > > which evolved from > > $ apt-cache policy pkg-name > > > will

Re: Jessie --> Stretch upgrade, apt question

2017-06-25 Thread Cousin Stanley
Mark Fletcher wrote: > > I do wish apt show made it easier to tell > if a package is installed > $ apt policy some-pkg-name which evolved from $ apt-cache policy pkg-name will display installation status of some-pkg-name -- Stanley C. Kitching Human Being Phoenix,

Re: Jessie --> Stretch upgrade, apt question

2017-06-25 Thread Curt
On 2017-06-25, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > My question is that since the upgrade chromium is held back from > upgrading, and in this new world I don't know how to find out why. In > aptitude I would have done aptitude why-not chromium and it would most > likely have told me

Re: Jessie --> Stretch upgrade, apt question

2017-06-25 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 25-06-17, Mark Fletcher wrote: > Hello the list! > > I have upgraded this weekend from Jessie to Stretch. All went, overall, > reasonably smoothly -- the documentation around releases is getting > better and better. I plan to write a full report of the upgrade and > share it here shortly.

Jessie --> Stretch upgrade, apt question

2017-06-25 Thread Mark Fletcher
Hello the list! I have upgraded this weekend from Jessie to Stretch. All went, overall, reasonably smoothly -- the documentation around releases is getting better and better. I plan to write a full report of the upgrade and share it here shortly. In the meantime I have one question. It seems