Re: Re: blocked update: Berkeley database utitility

From	Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Re: blocked update: Berkeley database utitility
Date	2017-09-20 16:40 +0200
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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-

Thread

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

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