apt-get upgrade files kept back - debian

[Toucan]

Yesterday I encountered a problem of files being kept back and not upgraded during an apt-get upgrade on debian lenny. The files were bind related.

The following command solved the problem enforcing dependencies to be upgraded also:

apt-get -o Debug:kgProblemResolver=yes dist-upgrade


Probably bread and butter advice for most debian users, but will hopefully help someone else like me.

[damir]

Just type following command:

apt-get dist-upgrade

That will install kept-back updates. The reason is that updates need dependencies that are not installed on system and therefore apt-get upgrade doesn't work. apt-get upgrade only works for installed software.

[Toucan]

Well, I was almost there thanks

[DaRKNeSS666NL]

Originally Posted by damir

Just type following command:

apt-get dist-upgrade

That will install kept-back updates. The reason is that updates need dependencies that are not installed on system and therefore apt-get upgrade doesn't work. apt-get upgrade only works for installed software.

Probably a stupid question from my side, but can I do this with the perfect setup Debian lenny witout any problem?

I mean I think the software is installed not on purpose I guess. So won't I mess things up even ISPC3 is reporting the updates?

[damir]

Originally Posted by DaRKNeSS666NL

Probably a stupid question from my side, but can I do this with the perfect setup Debian lenny witout any problem?

I mean I think the software is installed not on purpose I guess. So won't I mess things up even ISPC3 is reporting the updates?

I have done update on all my ISPC3 Debian Lenny servers and all went smooth as always with Debians apt-get