On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:20:01 +0100, Frank McCormick wrote: > Each upgrade it seems there are a growing number of packages > being held back by apt-get. > It started off as a few packages a few weeks ago and now is > 23: > > > Calculating upgrade... Done > The following packages have been kept back: > cups-filters gir1.2-pango-1.0 libcdr-0.0-0 libdee-1.0-4 libgegl-0.2-0 > libharfbuzz-dev > libharfbuzz-icu0 libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 > libmateweather-common libmatewnck-common libmspub-0.0-0 > libpango-1.0-0 libpango1.0-0 > libpango1.0-dev libpangocairo-1.0-0 libpangoft2-1.0-0 > libpangoxft-1.0-0 libtiff4 > libtiff4-dev libtiffxx0c2 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 23 not upgraded. > root@frank-debian:/home/frank# > > > How can I find out what is holding these packages ? > > Thanks
Don't know if this will answer your question... if you search for a particular package on the Debian web site, then select "Developer Information (PTS)" on the right side, there's generally information on package status. HTH- Frank -- 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/l87f0e$3il$1...@dont-email.me