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Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me?

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On 01/20/2018 08:08 AM, Curt wrote:
> On 2018-01-20, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
>> On 01/18/2018 10:32 PM, songbird wrote:
>>> Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> ...
>>>> This is the *FIRST* time I have attempted to investigate what is being
>>>> held back.
>>>>
>>>> Please educate me ;/
>>>
>>>     check your settings -> preferences...>
>>>
>>>     songbird
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I went there. I did not spot what you wanted me to notice :{
>> Thanks for trying.
>>
> 
>   Synaptic Package Manager provides two methods for marking packages for
>   upgrade:
>   
>   Default Upgrade
>   The default upgrade method marks upgrades of installed packages only. If
>   the later version of a package depends on not installed packages or
>   conflicts with an already installed package, the upgrade will not be
>   marked.
>   
>   Smart Upgrade (Dist-Upgrade)
>   The smart upgrade method tries to resolve package conflicts
>   intelligently. This includes installing additional required packages and
>   preferring packages with higher priority.
>   Smart upgrade is also known as dist-upgrade in the console tool apt-get.
> 
> Maybe that is what the songbird is tweeting about.
> 
>   Settings/Preferences/General/System Upgrade/Always Ask--Default
>   Upgrade--Smart Upgrade
> 

I don't know.
Synaptic is currently set to "Smart Upgrade".
I don't recall having changed anything.
I've just changed it to "Always Ask". I prefer to forced to think first 
rather than "repent at leisure" ;/

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What is Synaptic trying to tell me? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-18 22:20 +0100
  Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-19 02:00 +0100
    Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-20 14:20 +0100
      Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-20 17:10 +0100
  Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2018-01-19 05:40 +0100
    Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-20 14:20 +0100
      Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-01-20 15:20 +0100
        Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-20 17:10 +0100

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