On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 02:26:39PM +0100, Gary Jones wrote: > I tried (again) upgrading my 2.1r4 to 2.2r3 today. When I ran > apt-get --fix-broken --show-upgraded dist-upgrade > I was told that "These packages have been kept back", and a list of > about 12 packages, including: login, netstd, passwd, ppp. Most of the > list I didn't really care about too much, but the above seem pretty > important for what I use. I thought the normal reason that packages > were "kept back" was that one or more packages were in a "hold" state > or something similar, yet I don't have anything like that. Does > anyone have any clues as to why I got this result, and what the best > thing to do is, please?
Try apt-get install login, and see what it tells you. That should clarify why they are being held back. -- David Roundy http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/
