Most likely the packages in questions have dependencies which did not previously exist. 'apt-get upgrade' will not install them, but if you instead use 'apt-get dist-upgrade' you will get the held packages plus any required dependencies (assuming that the dependencies are available).
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 10:41:31AM -0800, Steve Juranich wrote: > I try to run apt-get upgrade once a week. I'm just pulling stuff from the > potato dist, because I have no real need for bleeding-edge stuff. Anyway, > for the past couple of weeks, I've been getting this message from apt-get: > > chester:/home/steve# apt-get upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following packages have been kept back > gedit gimp1.1 gimp1.1-perl gnumeric libgimp1.1 sawfish sawfish-gnome > task-helix-gnome > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded. > > What does this mean... "packages have been kept back"? Is this a Good/Bad > Thing (TM)? Since I use helix-gnome with sawfish, I would like to have the > most up-to-date stable versions. How do I make apt-get fetch these > packages? -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
