Try apt-get dist-upgrade
* David Smith [Mon, 9 Jun 2003 at 06:51 -0600]
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> Any idea why Debian apt-get is holding all these packages back:
>
> cerberus root # apt-get upgrade -s
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following packages have been kept back
> apache apache-common apache-dev cpp dsniff e2fsprogs elinks flex gcc
> groff-base libgmp3 libgnutls5 libhtml-parser-perl
> libmime-base64-perl libpng2 libstdc++5 nessus nmap perl perl-base
> perl-modules ppp tcpdump telnet whiptail
> 2 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 25 not upgraded.
> Inst lilo (1:22.5.4-1 Debian:testing)
> Inst zlib1g (1:1.1.4-12 Debian:testing)
> Conf lilo (1:22.5.4-1 Debian:testing)
> Conf zlib1g (1:1.1.4-12 Debian:testing)
>
> I've checked the only config I can find: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf,
> and it doesn't appear to give any insight. This is all it contains:
>
> // Pre-configure all packages with debconf before they are installed.
> // If you don't like it, comment it out.
> DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";};
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> --Dave
>
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