<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 September 2017 at 21:29, Kevin O'Gorman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kogorman@gmail.com" target="_blank">kogorman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">As I understand it, dist-upgrade takes me to the latest release. I don't want that. I stay at LTS releases on purpose. All I want really are security updates until the next LTS rolls out.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You misunderstand, dist-upgrade does not upgrade the release, that is distribution-upgrade or something similar). apt-get upgrade will install upgrades to existing installed packages when possible but will not install new required packages. This can prevent the upgrade of some existing packages, which is what you are seeing. I can virtually guarantee that dist-upgrade is what you want.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Look at the docs for apt-get to convince yourself.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Colin<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_-4336359137446386512h5">On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Colin Law <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clanlaw@gmail.com" target="_blank">clanlaw@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_-4336359137446386512h5">On 21 September 2017 at 21:02, Kevin O'Gorman <<a href="mailto:kogorman@gmail.com" target="_blank">kogorman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > ...<br> <span>> But when I try to get the indicated updates, I see:<br> > root@gog:~# apt-get update<br> > Hit:1 <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/u<wbr>buntu</a> xenial InRelease<br> > Hit:2 <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/u<wbr>buntu</a> xenial-updates InRelease<br> > Hit:3 <a href="http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://security.ubuntu.com/ubu<wbr>ntu</a> xenial-security InRelease<br> > Hit:4 <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/u<wbr>buntu</a> xenial-backports InRelease<br> > Reading package lists... Done<br> > root@gog:~# apt-get upgrade<br> > Reading package lists... Done<br> > Building dependency tree<br> > Reading state information... Done<br> > Calculating upgrade... Done<br> > The following packages have been kept back:<br> > linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic<br> > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.<br> ><br> > 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?<br> ><br> > Is there any reason I should not get an upgraded kernel, and if so, how do I do that.<br> <br> </span>You should use<br> apt-get dist-upgrade<br> or in fact the utility that supersedes aptget<br> apt full-upgrade<br> <br> which not only upgrades existing packages but installs any new ones required.<br> </div></div><span class="m_-4336359137446386512m_9192136649208826385HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> Colin<span class="m_-4336359137446386512HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> <br> --<br> ubuntu-users mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm<wbr>an/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br> </font></span></font></span></blockquote></div><span><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="m_-4336359137446386512m_9192136649208826385gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Kevin O'Gorman<br></div>#define QUESTION ((bb) || (!bb)) /* Shakespeare */<br><br><div><span style="line-height:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span style="line-height:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"></span></span><table width="448" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="25"><img width="25" height="21"></td> <td width="423"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(0,153,0);MARGIN-LEFT:5px;FONT-SIZE:10px">Please consider the environment before printing this email.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></div></div> </span></div> <br>--<br> ubuntu-users mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm<wbr>an/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br></div></div>