apt-get holding back on me

[Mike McKinlay]

I used their gui package front end for apt-get to add the restricted mod
sources.
   Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org
[mailto:linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org] On Behalf Of Michael Hipp
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 6:37 PM
To: Linux tips and tricks
Subject: Re: apt-get holding back on me

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

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