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On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 15:06:23 -0500
Jason Day <jasonday at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 02:17:24PM -0500, Jim Seymour wrote:
> > I think I've read this one before but can't remember the answer.  When 
> > you do a "apt-get update" and then your "apt-get upgrade" you 
> > sometimes see several packages marked as "kept back".  I think these are 
> > packages that are broken.  Is that correct?  Also if that is the case 
> 
> No, they're not broken, but their dependencies have changed such that
> APT cannot upgrade them without your help.  To see why a particular
> package has been kept back, just apt-get install the package in
> question.  APT will probably complain about a new dependency that must
> be installed, or conflicting dependencies, but it's usually not a big
> deal to fix.
> 
> Alternatively, you could try "apt-get -u dist-upgrade", which will do a
> more intelligent and "deeper" dependency resolution.
> 
> HTH,
> Jason
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