On 10.Sep 2003 - 23:57:56, Peter Nuttall wrote: > On Wednesday 10 Sep 2003 11:09 pm, Paul Cupis wrote: > > On Wednesday 10 September 2003 22:59, Peter Nuttall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > When I have been runnig apt-get upgrade on my sid box I have noticed > > > that some of the packages are not being upgraded. Can some one tell > > > me why? > > > > They are probably waiting for to authorise installing a new package. > > Have you tried looking at the output of: > > > > apt-get -u dist-upgrade > > <sinp> > > Thanks That worked fine. Two quick questions though; > > 1. should you run apt-get dist-upgrade as well as apt-get upgrade?
That is in the manpage, apt-get upgrade does install new versions of all packages, except those that depend on packages which are not installed at the moment. For example if a package A is available in newer version, but in that version depends on package B, which is not installed up to now, apt-get upgrade does not upgrade package A. It is relatively conservative, but apt-get distupgrade tries to solve every dependecie, it even removes packages if they conflict with other who shall be upgraded. For example some python-libs in sid where removed a few weeks ago, as they depend on a python package with version <2.4 but the new python2.4 introduced a new python package with version=2.4, so apt-get dist-upgrade did remove the python-libs. > 2. what does the -u flag do? the man page is not too clear. You'll see what it does if you compare the output of dist-upgrade with and without -u. It says apt-get to display not only new installs and removes, but also the upgraded packages. Andreas -- Don't read everything you believe.
