On (19/02/04 20:54), Henry Hollenberg wrote: > I keep getting a line from dselect about packages that will > not be upgraded: > > 98 upgraded, 36 newly installed, 0 to remove and 71 not upgraded. > > I wonder, have I screwed something up?
This morning I upgraded using aptitude and experienced something similar. There were three serious bug reports: libmailtools-perl perl mime-support and so when given the option to abandon the upgrade, I did so. However, back in the aptitude screen, it showed only a few packages to be upgraded but a larger number shown as upgradeable but not flagged as such. I manually changed their status to "u"pgrade and re-ran the upgrade (having held the three packages with serious bugs). Everything, worked fine after that. So I don't think your sources.list is necessarily the problem. It is a while since I used dselect but you may be able to force the upgrade as I did. Alternatively, you could try aptitude. It takes a little while to get used to but it makes the sid upgrades less stressful - is it going to break? ;) Its interactive nature means that you can abandon the upgrade should you receive unnerving warnings. HTH Clive -- http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
