By watchman
I just deployed a new ubuntu 14.04 droplet
I’m getting this message in response to apt-get upgrade:
The following packages have been kept back:
linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
is this expected on a new install?
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Yes, this is expected. The following command will upgrade those packages:
apt-get dist-upgrade
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto#Maintenance_commands
Anthony
Great, thanks!
It’s no problem of course, just surprising that it would be required.
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