Ubuntu server holding back on me

[Robert Heller]

At Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:02:10 -0700 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

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> I've just started using Ubuntu Server on a couple of extra machines.  I'm a
> bit puzzled about the situation I see there with respect to updates.
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> When I log in remotely, I see
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> Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-62-generic x86_64)
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>  * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
>  * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
>  * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage
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> 7 packages can be updated.
> 7 updates are security updates.
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> Last login: Thu Sep 21 11:31:12 2017
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> But when I try to get the indicated updates, I see:
> root at gog:~# apt-get update
> Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
> Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
> Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
> Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
> Reading package lists... Done
> root at gog:~# apt-get upgrade

Try:

apt-get dist-upgrade


> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Calculating upgrade... Done
> The following packages have been kept back:
>   linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
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> And indeed the kernel is at 4.4.0-62, while my non-server installs are at
> 4.4.0-96.  Is the holdback related to the "InRelease" status?
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> Is there any reason I should not get an upgraded kernel, and if so, how do
> I do that.
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