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  1. Bug #1988819
  2. Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 1988819

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Gone fishing (humpmihk-msn) wrote (last edit ): Re: When apt keeps back packages due to phased updates, it should say nothing

I've been using Ubuntu since Warty or Breezy, and I have had very few incidents of an update breaking the system. I think an update in Hardy broke the X server once. Getting to the point - this phased update system had me thinking something had gone horribly wrong with apt and the package database. Maybe the cure is not worse than the problem, but it appears to be.

I also "fixed" the problem by manually installing the held-back packages, which I can now see was a bad idea.

I would suggest that, as we now have apt messages:

# News about significant security updates, features and services will
# appear here to raise awareness and perhaps tease /r/Linux ;)
# Use 'pro config set apt_news=false' to hide this and future APT news.

Maybe added to the news could be something about phased updates such as:
# You may see packages being held back as part of phased updates - these packages are being held back to ensure system stability.
# If you want to turn off phased updates, create a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d, containing the following lines:

Update-Manager::Always-Include-Phased-Updates;
APT::Get::Always-Include-Phased-Updates