> Hi!
>
> Doing "apt-get -u upgrade" currently tells me that 88 packages are held
> back (am tracking unstable).  What is the rationale for this and why so
> many packages?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Lucien

try doing "apt-get -u dist-upgrade"
upgrade just upgrades the pacages that are installed, dist-upgrade will
install any new packages that are needed by the packages that are being
held back.

HTH
Ian

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