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[Norman Silverstone]

> > I'm assuming you don't recognize those.  They may be artifacts of
> > software you installed that is not part of the new distribution and for
> > which the upgrades would create a conflict.  
> 
> > I believe part of the synaptic interface will show you what it is
> > tracking as "Local / Obsolete" packages.  I'd look in there and see if
> > removing some old package you manually installed gets rid of whatever
> > dependency is trying to pull those packages in.
> 
> I had a look in Synaptic and they do not appear to belong to anything I
> currently use. By each of the names there is a small square coloured
> green (indicating installed) and each of the squares has a gold coloured
> star in the top right hand corner. Please, what does this star signify?

I found the answer - it means installed (upgradeable).

Norman