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Re: linux-kernel needs dist-upgrade (again)

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On Vi, 03 mai 19, 15:40:09, john doe wrote:
> On 5/3/2019 3:32 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 06:10:45AM +0000, Bonno Bloksma wrote:
> >> I would like to understand why apt-get upgrade holds backup the upgrade of the Linux kernel.
> >
> > Because the kernel ABI changed, and a new package has to be installed.
> > It's not just an upgrade of an existing package.
> >
> > By default, "apt upgrade" will allow new packages to be installed, but
> > "apt-get upgrade" will not.
> >
> > You can use "apt-get dist-upgrade".  Or you can use
> > "apt-get --with-new-pkgs upgrade".  Or you can (maybe?) tweak some variable
> > in apt.conf to make --with-new-pkgs the default behavior.
> >
> 
> Or to install the package without using dist-upgrade:
> 
> $ apt-get install <PKG>

Which package?

If the kernel image package (and not the meta-package) this would also 
set it as "manually installed", which may not be what the OP wants.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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Re: linux-kernel needs dist-upgrade (again) Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-05-03 15:40 +0200
  Re: linux-kernel needs dist-upgrade (again) john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2019-05-03 15:50 +0200
    Re: linux-kernel needs dist-upgrade (again) andreimpopescu@gmail.com - 2019-06-22 15:30 +0200
  Re: linux-kernel needs dist-upgrade (again) Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-06-22 20:10 +0200

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