Package: apt Version: 0.7.5 Severity: wishlist I had a co-worker ask me "is there a way to see why debian 'holds back' some packages?". The way I do that, and the consensus on #debian-devel, is that you try either installing one of the packages in question or a dist-upgrade, with --dry-run turned on, and then see what it would have done.
I think it would be nice if you could ask apt why a particular package was held up and have it give a a verbose report explaining the dependency chain, similar to the way it does when you've installed an impossible situation and it tells you the problem. I suspect that the apt source is the only place the dependency resolution logic exists, so I guess it makes sense for apt to provide such a feature. I suppose that it could either be a command line switch to apt-get or maybe a standalone tool. Thanks, -- Matt Taggart [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
