Re: The following packages have been kept back:

Karl Auer wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 11:47 +0200, Ruben Laban wrote:
>> On Friday 31 July 2009 at 11:34 (CET), Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>> Often I get the message that some packages have been kept back when
>>> updating:
>> New kernel with a higher ABI will be a new package (not a newer version of 
>> an 
>> existing package). apt-get upgrade doesn't install new packages, apt-get 
>> dist-upgrade does (when needed).
> 
> Because they are "new" packages rather than upgrades of existing
> packages, apt-get will not install them as part of an "apt-get
> upgrade". 
> 
> If you want the packages that have been kept back, just use "apt-get
> install" for those packages.
> 
> "apt-get dist-upgrade" is not something anyone should get into the habit
> of using for routine updates. It's safe enough as long as you are on the
> currently highest OS revision - but one day it will suddenly upgrade
> your whole OS, which is not something you generally want to happen
> unexpectedly.
> 
> Regards, K.
> 
> 
I thought dist-upgrade would only update your OS if you actually changed 
the sources.list file to point to the next rev.


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