[ubuntu-za] apt-get upgrade explanation

[Jonathan Hitchcock]

Hi,

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Alf Stockton<alf at stockton.co.za> wrote:
> Please tell me what it means when I see
> The following packages have been kept back:
>  linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
> ubuntu-netbook-remix
> when I do an upgrade.
> Is it that these packages are not quite ready for release?

When using aptitude (which is recommended over 'apt-get'), the
"upgrade" command has now been deprecated, and replaced with the more
descriptive "safe-upgrade" - this gives a hint as to why it is not
installing those packages.