Re: "Held back" updates...

Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

bp@www.zefox.net writes:

What is the significance of a held back update? When I ran an
update/upgrade cycle this morning three updates were "held back",
with no further explanation.

 
What command(s) did you use?

The usual,
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

 

The packages held back were
raspberrypi-ui-mods 1.20250121
wf-panel-pi 0.92
wfplug-connect 0.11
>
Any insights about what's going on would be appreciated!

 
Historically it meant there was an unsatisfiable dependency. It could
mean that the depdency (or a suitable version of it) is completely
unavailable, or that it’s available but for some reason not installable
or upgradable.
 
Currently it can also mean that the upgrade is being phased and it’s not
your turn yet. I think the diagnostic for this is being improved.
 

It does seem that upgrades trickle in slowly, as advertised by the
"update available" icon. It seems as if there needs to be some
additional information offered on when to upgrade and/or reboot.

Thanks for writing,

bob prohaska