13 Oct
2003
13 Oct
'03
1:08 p.m.
On 2003-10-13 11:33:32 +0100 kpwatson@pop3.ukfsn.org wrote:
but when I run apt-get in simulate mode to list the package details it only includes 5. It says the others have been 'held back'.
As well as the quite correctly stated difference between upgrade and dist-upgrade, it is also possible to mark packages as "hold". I can't remember how you do that from synaptic, but in one of (dselect, console-apt, aptitude) it is the = key that toggles the hold marking.
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