On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 09:52:03AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 05:51:52PM -0500, Charles E. Blair wrote: > > I am using debian version 8.9. > > > > I have received several "updates available" > > notices that include Berkeley database utilities > > that are described as "blocked". > > > > I just tried aptitude. It says that an upgrade > > of the package db5.1-util from version 5.1.29-5 to > > 5.1.29-9 is available, but that I (the user) have > > asked to stay the current version. I did not do > > this intentionally, and don't think I have ever > > used the programs in this package. > > > run: > > apt-cache policy db5.1-util > > and quote the output here. Don't paraphrase it, please. >
To which he replied: > Thanks for your help. The output: > >db5.1-util: > Installed: 5.1.29-5 > Candidate: 5.1.29-9 > Version table: > 5.1.29-9 0 > 500 http://debian.cites.illinois.edu/pub/debian/ >jessie/main amd64 Packages > *** 5.1.29-5 0 > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status OK. run: aptitude unhold db5.1-util apt upgrade and see what happens. -dsr-
