<quote who="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> > > > 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?
Yes. > How could I find out why a particular package is kept back? At the moment > neiter samba nor cups packages are upgraded. You'd have to investigate the dependencies and see why things have changed. If you do apt-get upgrade -u and apt-get dist-upgrade -u, it will show you all the packages it's going to modify, so you can compare to see what the extra (or removed) packages are. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2005: Canberra, Australia http://linux.conf.au/ Mangoes are nature's edible orgasm. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
