[wellylug] Quote for setting up file server wanted

[Sam Cannell]

Not true.  The most common reason a package is held back is if its
dependencies require the deinstallation of another package.

For example:

foo-1.0.0 requires libbar2-2.0.0
foo-1.2.0 requires libbar3-3.2.8

Apt-get will not upgrade foo in an upgrade or a dist-upgrade, as it
would require libbar2 to be deinstalled and libbar3 to be installed.

You would need to explicitly tell apt to reinstall foo.

-----Original Message-----
From: wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz
[mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz] On Behalf Of Michael Bordignon
Sent: Tuesday, 10 February 2004 7:27 p.m.
To: wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz
Subject: Re: [wellylug] Quote for setting up file server wanted

> That's fine until you find you've got about 30 packages "held back" as
> happened to me.

but packages which are held back are done deliberately because they
won't
work otherwise..


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