packages kept back

[David Abrahams]

on Sat Oct 13 2007, Troy Lenze <tlenze-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>         Use "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" 
>
>     Nope:
>
>         or else you can use "sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev fakeroot
>         g++ etc..."  I prefer dist-upgrade myself.
>
>     Nope:
>     
>     Furthermore, I'm not too surprised, since if it were that easy,
>     "apt-get upgrade" should handle it for me automatically
>
> Actually, apt-get upgrade does not handle a few situations.  Usually
> when the kernel is upgraded, you have to use dist-upgrade to get all
> the new headers and modules installed.
>
> However, in this case, you probably just need to wait.  There is
> probably an update to a package those packages depend on that has
> not made it into the wild yet.  I had this happen a week or two ago.

Well, it's been this way for well over a month, so it makes me worried
that I am missing something important.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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