On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:39:36 -0500 (EST), Paul Cartwright wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> That's because you're doing an "upgrade" instead of a "dist-upgrade". >> With an upgrade, apt is allowed to upgrade packages, but it is not >> allowed to delete packages or install new ones. Those packages are >> being held back because installing them would require apt to either >> install a package which is not currently installed that is a dependency >> of the package being held back or else remove a package that conflicts >> with the updated version of the package being held back. When doing >> massive updates, it is generally good practice to do an "upgrade" >> first, then later do a "dist-upgrade". The release notes for upgrading >> Lenny to Squeeze, for example, specifically instruct one to do this. > > so I should do a dist-upgrade. But I already did that to get to squeeze. > I thought I read the release notes & followed along all the way to the > end. Of course it was midnight when I finished:)
You replied off-list. I assume that was accidental, since there's nothing of a personal or sensitive nature here. Going back to the list. What does your /etc/apt/sources.list file look like? Please include it in your next post. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1202418254.930809.1298155544800.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
