[Linux-disciples] Telling apt-get not to keep packages back

[Dylan Thurston]

On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 03:08:15PM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> Often apt-get is only keeping packages back because --
> as far as I can tell -- upgrading them would mean installing
> extra packages. Ordinarily I don't care whether it installs
> extra packages; what concerns me is whether it *removes*
> packages.
> 
> So is there any way to configure apt-get so that it won't
> hold packages back when the only reason to do so is
> that other packages need to be installed?

I don't think apt-get does this.  Are you sure you're diagnosing
things right?

And why not use aptitude?

Peace,
	Dylan
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