I have checked with “apt-mark hold cloud-init” and got the following mesage: “cloud-init was already set on hold.”
Is it safe to unhold it and upgrade it?
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Thank you for the answers.
There is another method to update it, wich is:
apt-mark unhold cloud-init
in the first place to unhold the holded package, and then
apt upgrade
My questions are:
- Why it was put on hold?
- Is it there a compatibility issue with DO so is kept on hold as they need this package for the control panels?
I would not recomend apt dist-upgrade as it involves updating other staff from vesion to version.
I have updated it on several servers, so I would consider it safe and with no issues.
You need to run apt dist-upgrade to upgrade between versions.
The apt upgrade will only upgrade minor updates like security patches.
I had the same problem and it seems like a strange situation to me. Anyway, I fixed this by installing the cloud-init package: sudo apt install cloud-init.
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