On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, James Dietrich wrote: > I use the apt method in dselect. [ ... ] > > However, apt still shows those same five X packages > as being the only ones on hold: > Updating package status cache...done > Checking system integrity...ok > The following packages have been kept back > xbase xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable xfonts-base > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded. > > Why doesn't it show libc6 and friends as well? I'd like > to make sure I'm not overlooking something obvious.
libc6 and friends don't need to be updated / don't have a newer version, so apt isn't holding them back. It will be holding them back when a new version is available. At least that's my guess, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter |
