> > Whenever I apt-get update/upgrade a bunch of packages are listed as 'kept > > back'. What's the reason for this? How would I force upgrading the > > packages kept back? > > Try using apt-get dist-upgrade. This lets you upgrade packages that might > cause other changes to other packages installed on your system, such as > replacing or needing to remove something. I tend to use dist-upgrade all > the time when running unstable.
Does this apply for testing (which I'm running) as well? How could I find out why a particular package is kept back? At the moment neiter samba nor cups packages are upgraded. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
