  apt: "The following packages have been kept back:"  I
sometimes have a hard time figuring out why apt keeps certain
packages back.  For example the other day during an apt-get
upgrade it was "keeping back"  openoffice (and all the OO
componant packages). It was not requiring any  packages to be
removed, it wasn't causing any major packages to be upgraded.
How can I find out the *reason* why a package is kept back?
This is all on a default Etch system - nothing peculiar about
it, no unstable  or backported or third party repos used, no
special pinnings setup.    Reply to: