apt-get holding back on me

[Michael Hipp]

Ken Moffat wrote:
> Michael Hipp wrote:
> 
>> I'm trying to update my Ubuntu (Debian) server. When I do ]apt-get 
>> upgrade' I get this:
>>
>> The following packages have been kept back:
>>   linux-image-2.6-386 linux-restricted-modules-2.6-386
>>
>> How do I get apt-get to install these updates? Tried using 
>> '--ignore-hold'. These are "special" likely because a reboot is needed 
>> afterwards. linux-image is a kernel update.
>>
> 
> Have you checked the files in /etc/apt/ ?

Yes. I expected to find something there about exclusions or somesuch. But it's 
all clean and simple.

Michael