Re: [vox-tech] Apt Question

[Nick Schmalenberger]

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> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:11:59 -0700
> From: "Robert G. Scofield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [vox-tech] Apt Question
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> When I do "apt-upgrade" now there is a message that alsa-base and
> alsa-utils 
> have been kept back.  Why have they been kept back?  
> 
> Is it because alsa needs an upgrade of a dependency so that if the
> packages 
> alsa is dependent upon are upgraded in the future, then alsa will be
> upgraded 
> later?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Bob
When I had this it was because the testing versions of alsa-base and
alsa-utils required a later version of udev than 0.60 , which is only
available in unstable. So I already had the unstable source also in my
sources.list, but as lower priority, so I was able to override priority
and install the unstable version of udev which does not conflict with
the testing version of alsa. Read the apt man page for information on
how to do this. Also, it is my understanding that when the testing
version of alsa becomes greater than my current version, my current
version that came from unstable will be replaced by the testing version
because testing is my default release. Besides the man page, this
document http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ is also useful.
Nick

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Re: [vox-tech] Apt Question

[Robert G. Scofield]

On Wednesday 31 August 2005 10:25 am, Bill Kendrick wrote:
>
>
> Try doing an "apt-get dist-upgrade" and see if that looks like the case.
> Good luck!

I get the same message with "dist-upgrade."

But thanks for your response.

I'm not that worried about it, I'm just trying to learn what's going on.  This 
Debian system appears to be working flawlessly for the most part.  And with 
the help of my notes from the last several installs, the installation was 
actually easy.

Bob
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Re: [vox-tech] Apt Question

[Bill Kendrick]

On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 07:11:59AM -0700, Robert G. Scofield wrote:
> When I do "apt-upgrade" now there is a message that alsa-base and alsa-utils 
> have been kept back.  Why have they been kept back?  
> 
> Is it because alsa needs an upgrade of a dependency so that if the packages 
> alsa is dependent upon are upgraded in the future, then alsa will be upgraded
> later?

If I understand correctly, this is due to the fact that these packages now
have new dependencies, and I think apt doesn't want to install any new
stuff when you go to upgrade.

Try doing an "apt-get dist-upgrade" and see if that looks like the case.
Good luck!

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