On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 12:16, Bryan Murdock wrote: > How do I tell it to not to update a certain package such as gaim (I've > been getting my own updated from the web)? > > Why are certain packages "kept back?" How do get them to not be "kept > back?"
certain packages are kept back because they aren't single-package upgrades. For example, package A may be replaced with a newer Package A that now depends on package b. To get the package upgraded, either install package b and then do apt-get upgrade or do apt-get install <package> and then it will ask if you want to also install the dependencies. I'm sure there are some good reasons for this behavior, but I can't think of any of them off the top of my head. Michael > > Bryan > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
