[X] Automatically resolve dependencies of a package when it is selected
[X} Automatically fix broken packages before installing or removing
[X] Install recommended packages automatically
[X] Remove unused packages automatically
I also have this option enabled:
[X] display a preview of what will be done before doing it
So, when I press g to upgrade the upgradable packages, I see a list of packages, but none of them are selected for upgrade. Instead I see a list of 61 packages being automatically held in their current state, and 124 packages being held back. For example, first on the list of packages being held back is apt 0.9.7.6 prevented from upgrading to 0.9.7.7. When I select apt on this list and press Enter, it gives me the reason that apt 0.9.7.7 would require libapt-pkg4.12 version >= 0.9.7.7. but when I examine the list of 61 packages being automatically held back, lo and behold there is libapt-pkg4.12 version 0.9.7.6 prevented from upgrading to 0.9.7.7 which is available.
But but, I say, why not just upgrade both? My real question is, is there a relatively easy way to upgrade these packages within aptitude? I suppose I could do the upgrade with apt and then run the command aptitude keep-all, but that seems kind of kludgy. Thanks in advance.
Oh and BTW here is my new sources.list:
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deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ testing main non-free
deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ testing main non-free
# Liquorix sources added by smxi
deb http://liquorix.net/debian/ sid main
EDIT: I just manually set the packages to upgrade, one at a time, starting with the automatic hold backs. On the few occasions that aptitude flagged an error, it found a resolution by upgrading instead of deleting or holding back. SO in this case, aptitude was not as strict as I thought.
