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tajwan:/home/leszek# apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages have been kept back: mplayer phpbb2 phpbb2-conf-mysql phpbb2-languages 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.The three 'phpbb-*' packages are on hold, but mplayer is not:
tajwan:/home/leszek# dpkg --get-selections | grep mplayer mplayer install mplayer-skin-blue install tajwan:/home/leszek# dpkg --get-selections | grep phpbb phpbb2 hold phpbb2-conf-mysql hold phpbb2-languages holdQuestion: why was mplayer 'kept back' ?
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Packages are usually held back from an upgrade because they depend on a package that isn't currently installed, and upgrades only upgrade, i.e. they won't install new packages.
In my experience a dist-upgrade will also add any new packages that are required to upgrade currently installed apps, so I'm not entirely sure why your mplayer was held back in this instance -- do an `apt-cache show mplayer`, and see if there are any dependencies that are possibly in a "non-free" repository, as that might be a issue.
Laters.
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btw, did you tried aptitude ? the release note encourage to use aptitude for the upgrade.
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