Re: 35 LibreOffice related upgrades have been «deferred due to phasing». Why?

[Aaron Rainbolt]

On 5/24/24 12:37, Bas G. Roufs wrote:
> Hello Everybody.
>
> Some minutes ago, I tried to update my system: Kubuntu 24.04 LTS.
>
> Updating went OK:
>
> bas at Camino:~$ sudo apt update
> Hit:1 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
> Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
> Hit:3 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
> Hit:4 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> 35 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
>
> So far, so good.
>
> Now, I try to «upgrade» the whole bunch:
>
> bas at Camino:~$ sudo apt upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> Calculating upgrade... Done
> Get another security update through Ubuntu Pro with 'esm-apps' enabled:
>   libcjson1
> Learn more about Ubuntu Pro at https://ubuntu.com/pro
> The following upgrades have been deferred due to phasing:
>   dhcpcd-base fonts-opensymbol initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-bin 
> initramfs-tools-core
>   libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-calc libreoffice-common 
> libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw
>   libreoffice-help-common libreoffice-help-nl libreoffice-impress 
> libreoffice-kf5 libreoffice-l10n-nl
>   libreoffice-math libreoffice-plasma libreoffice-qt5 
> libreoffice-style-breeze libreoffice-style-colibre
>   libreoffice-uiconfig-calc libreoffice-uiconfig-common 
> libreoffice-uiconfig-draw
>   libreoffice-uiconfig-impress libreoffice-uiconfig-math 
> libreoffice-uiconfig-writer libreoffice-writer
>   libuno-cppu3t64 libuno-cppuhelpergcc3-3t64 
> libuno-purpenvhelpergcc3-3t64 libuno-sal3t64
>   libuno-salhelpergcc3-3t64 python3-uno uno-libs-private ure
> 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 35 not to upgrade.
> bas at Camino:~$
>
> Net result....No newly installed packages and 35 upgradable packages 
> do not get upgraded. Reason.... those apparently LibreOffice related 
> «upgrades have been deferred due to phasing.» Why? What does this 
> mean? What will happen next?

This is normal and is a quality control / testing measure so people are 
less likely to run into severe bugs. Just wait, the packages will 
eventually be installable.

See 
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1431940/what-are-phased-updates-and-why-does-ubuntu-use-them 
for more info.

> Yours.
> Bas.
>
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>
> Bas G. Roufs
>
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> Mook ligt ca. 10 km. ten zuiden van Nijmegen en 10 km. ten oosten van 
> de Duitse grens.
> Uitspraak -ou- in achternaam «Roufs»: zoals in «bouwen».
>
> Mook is about 10 km. south of Nijmegen and 10 km west of the German 
> border.
> Pronunciatiation -ou- family name «Roufs»: like in «about».
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