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blocked update: Berkeley database utitility

Started by"Charles E. Blair" <c-blair@illinois.edu>
First post2017-09-19 23:20 +0200
Last post2017-09-20 18:10 +0200
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  blocked update: Berkeley database utitility "Charles E. Blair" <c-blair@illinois.edu> - 2017-09-19 23:20 +0200
    Re: blocked update: Berkeley database utitility Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-09-20 00:10 +0200
      Re: Re: blocked update: Berkeley database utitility "Charles E. Blair" <c-blair@illinois.edu> - 2017-09-20 01:20 +0200
        Re: Re: blocked update: Berkeley database utitility Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-09-20 16:00 +0200
          Re: Re: blocked update: Berkeley database utitility Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-09-20 16:40 +0200
            Re: Re: blocked update: Berkeley database utitility Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-09-20 17:00 +0200
              Re: Re: Re: blocked update: Berkeley database utitility "Charles E. Blair" <c-blair@illinois.edu> - 2017-09-20 18:10 +0200

#187033 — blocked update: Berkeley database utitility

From"Charles E. Blair" <c-blair@illinois.edu>
Date2017-09-19 23:20 +0200
Subjectblocked update: Berkeley database utitility
Message-ID<ury5Y-2bd-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
   I have been seeing a message about Berkeley
database utility v 5.1 update being blocked.
What should I do abot this?

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#187041

FromDan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>
Date2017-09-20 00:10 +0200
Message-ID<urySm-2Ga-19@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#187033
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 03:24:21PM -0500, Charles E. Blair wrote:
>    I have been seeing a message about Berkeley
> database utility v 5.1 update being blocked.
> What should I do abot this?
>  

Quote the exact and entire error message.

-dsr-

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#187044

From"Charles E. Blair" <c-blair@illinois.edu>
Date2017-09-20 01:20 +0200
Message-ID<urzY5-3k6-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#187041
   I am using debian version 8.9.

   I have received several "updates available"
notices that include Berkeley database utilities
that are described as "blocked".

   I just tried aptitude.  It says that an upgrade
of the package db5.1-util from version 5.1.29-5 to
5.1.29-9 is available, but that I (the user) have
asked to stay the current version.  I did not do
this intentionally, and don't think I have ever
used the programs in this package.

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#187061

FromDan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>
Date2017-09-20 16:00 +0200
Message-ID<urNHH-3OJ-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#187044
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 05:51:52PM -0500, Charles E. Blair wrote:
>    I am using debian version 8.9.
> 
>    I have received several "updates available"
> notices that include Berkeley database utilities
> that are described as "blocked".
> 
>    I just tried aptitude.  It says that an upgrade
> of the package db5.1-util from version 5.1.29-5 to
> 5.1.29-9 is available, but that I (the user) have
> asked to stay the current version.  I did not do
> this intentionally, and don't think I have ever
> used the programs in this package.


run:

apt-cache policy db5.1-util

and quote the output here. Don't paraphrase it, please.

-dsr-

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#187063

FromDan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>
Date2017-09-20 16:40 +0200
Message-ID<urOkq-4i3-21@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#187061
On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 09:52:03AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 05:51:52PM -0500, Charles E. Blair wrote:
> >    I am using debian version 8.9.
> > 
> >    I have received several "updates available"
> > notices that include Berkeley database utilities
> > that are described as "blocked".
> > 
> >    I just tried aptitude.  It says that an upgrade
> > of the package db5.1-util from version 5.1.29-5 to
> > 5.1.29-9 is available, but that I (the user) have
> > asked to stay the current version.  I did not do
> > this intentionally, and don't think I have ever
> > used the programs in this package.
> 
> 
> run:
> 
> apt-cache policy db5.1-util
> 
> and quote the output here. Don't paraphrase it, please.
> 

To which he replied:

>   Thanks for your help.  The output:
>
>db5.1-util:
>  Installed: 5.1.29-5
>  Candidate: 5.1.29-9
>  Version table:
>     5.1.29-9 0
>        500 http://debian.cites.illinois.edu/pub/debian/
>jessie/main amd64 Packages
> *** 5.1.29-5 0
>        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

OK. run:

aptitude unhold db5.1-util
apt upgrade

and see what happens.

-dsr-

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#187064

FromDan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>
Date2017-09-20 17:00 +0200
Message-ID<urODL-4pI-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#187063
On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 10:37:37AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> OK. run:
> 
> aptitude unhold db5.1-util
> apt upgrade
> 
> and see what happens.

And he sent me more private email, in which he indicates that
it didn't work.

My next suggestion is that he try "aptitude why db5.1-util" in
the hopes of finding some other package which is restricting
the update.

-dsr-

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#187066

From"Charles E. Blair" <c-blair@illinois.edu>
Date2017-09-20 18:10 +0200
Message-ID<urPJw-5ky-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#187064
Thanks for previous suggestions, and my 
apologies for violations of user-list
etiquette.

The output from the "why" command:

> Unable to find a reason to install db5.1-util.

   I don't know what the package db5.1-util
does.  The "blocked update" led me to imagine
that there was some serious bug or conflict
with other packages.  If this is not the case,
my inept use of aptitude may have put some
kind of hold on this package.

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