[14.04 64Bit Beta 2] - sudo apt-get upgrade: "The following packages have been kept back:" ?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2014-04-17 at 17:10 -0700, Cody Smith wrote:
> also, apt-get dist-upgrade isn't for a release upgrade

True, IIUC the OP won't do a release upgrade.

>  (that's another commandset altogether), it just pulls in updates
> apt-get upgrade wouldn't normally do.

False, dist-upgrade sometimes does remove packages and then it sometimes
can install packages, that can't be installed by an upgrade.

JFTR a pitfall could be caused by pinning, resp. hold packages.