Why are packages being kept back? #815

jc00ke · 2023-01-23T17:13:38Z

jc00ke
Jan 23, 2023

I noticed this a while back and thought it would resolve, but it happened again today:

➜ sudo apt upgrade -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  gnome-characters language-selector-common language-selector-gnome libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-bin
  libglib2.0-data libglib2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev-bin systemd-hwe-hwdb
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libruby3.0 python3-pkg-resources python3-setuptools python3-setuptools-whl ruby3.0
5 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
Need to get 6,435 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,048 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security/main amd64 libruby3.0 amd64 3.0.4-7ubuntu0.1 [5,126 kB]
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security/main amd64 ruby3.0 amd64 3.0.4-7ubuntu0.1 [49.7 kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates/main amd64 python3-setuptools all 59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1 [339 kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates/main amd64 python3-pkg-resources all 59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1 [132 kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates/universe amd64 python3-setuptools-whl all 59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1 [788 kB]
Fetched 6,435 kB in 5s (1,321 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 375219 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../python3-setuptools_59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking python3-setuptools (59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1) over (59.6.0-1.2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../python3-pkg-resources_59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking python3-pkg-resources (59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1) over (59.6.0-1.2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libruby3.0_3.0.4-7ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libruby3.0:amd64 (3.0.4-7ubuntu0.1) over (3.0.4-7) ...
Preparing to unpack .../python3-setuptools-whl_59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking python3-setuptools-whl (59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1) over (59.6.0-1.2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../ruby3.0_3.0.4-7ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking ruby3.0 (3.0.4-7ubuntu0.1) over (3.0.4-7) ...
Setting up python3-pkg-resources (59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1) ...
Setting up python3-setuptools-whl (59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1) ...
Setting up python3-setuptools (59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.10.1) ...
Setting up libruby3.0:amd64 (3.0.4-7ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up ruby3.0 (3.0.4-7ubuntu0.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-0ubuntu4) ...

I then have to sudo apt install -f the packages that were kept back.

Are my apt sources messed up? Anyone else seeing this? Thanks!

t3st-account · 2023-01-31T12:42:48Z

t3st-account
Jan 31, 2023

it most likely is caused by Phased Updates, which are a kind of soft-release scheme for updates in ubuntu and its derivates..
see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PhasedUpdates
the updates that atre kept back will install some time in the future..

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jc00ke Feb 1, 2023
Author

Is this relatively new? I don't remember seeing this as often as I do now.

kgilmer · 2023-02-01T15:58:05Z

kgilmer
Feb 1, 2023
Maintainer

Hmm, I haven't seen this behavior on my kinetic desktop. What does sudo apt dist-upgrade --dry-run produce?

Also, perhaps obvious, but one way that packages can become held back is that if you've manually installed a package that pins versions of dependencies. apt will not do an update that would result in breaking the dependencies of a manually installed package. You can check the installed reverse dependenciesof held packages looking for the culprit..

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jc00ke Feb 6, 2023
Author

Hmm, I haven't seen this behavior on my kinetic desktop. What does sudo apt dist-upgrade --dry-run produce?

➜ sudo apt dist-upgrade --dry-run
[sudo] password for jesse:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

I should have run that this morning (back from vacay) when I saw some packages were held back before updating.

jc00ke Feb 9, 2023
Author

Hmm, I haven't seen this behavior on my kinetic desktop. What does sudo apt dist-upgrade --dry-run produce?

➜ sudo apt dist-upgrade --dry-run
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  linux-headers-5.19.0-28
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  linux-headers-5.19.0-28-generic linux-image-5.19.0-28-generic linux-modules-5.19.0-28-generic linux-modules-extra-5.19.0-28-generic
The following packages have been kept back:
  gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Remv linux-headers-5.19.0-28-generic [5.19.0-28.29]
Remv linux-image-5.19.0-28-generic [5.19.0-28.29]
Remv linux-modules-extra-5.19.0-28-generic [5.19.0-28.29]
Remv linux-modules-5.19.0-28-generic [5.19.0-28.29]

cfsmp3 · 2023-02-04T05:35:31Z

cfsmp3
Feb 4, 2023
Collaborator

I get this too:

The following NEW packages will be installed:
  regolith-i3-i3xrocks
The following packages have been kept back:
  grub-efi-amd64-bin grub-efi-amd64-signed regolith-session-flashback regolith-session-sway xserver-common xserver-xephyr xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-legacy
The following packages will be upgraded:
  1password alsa-ucm-conf fonts-opensymbol gnome-characters google-chrome-stable i3status-rs ilia kbd language-selector-common language-selector-gnome libclang-15-dev libclang-common-15-dev libclang1-15 libegl-mesa0 libegl1-mesa libgbm1 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx
  libglapi-mesa libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-bin libglib2.0-data libglib2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev-bin libglib2.0-doc libglx-mesa0 libinput-bin libinput10 libllvm15 libxatracker2 mesa-va-drivers mesa-vdpau-drivers mesa-vulkan-drivers python-apt-common python3-apt regolith-avizo
  regolith-i3-compositor regolith-i3-config regolith-i3-default-style regolith-i3-ftue regolith-i3-gaps-partial regolith-i3-ilia regolith-i3-navigation regolith-i3-networkmanager regolith-i3-next-workspace regolith-i3-resize regolith-i3-rofication-ilia regolith-i3-session
  regolith-i3-unclutter regolith-i3-user-programs regolith-i3-workspace-config regolith-look-default regolith-look-default-loader regolith-session-common regolith-sway-config snapd swtpm swtpm-tools systemd-hwe-hwdb ubuntu-advantage-tools update-notifier update-notifier-common
62 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.

I don't have any manual hold:


cfsmp3 in framework in ~ on ☁️  (us-east-1)
✦ ❯ sudo apt-mark showhold`

Some broken dependencies:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 regolith-wm-config : Conflicts: regolith-i3-config but 3.8.9-1regolith-kinetic is to be installed

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kgilmer Feb 4, 2023
Maintainer

regolith-wm-config is coming from experimental. The wayland work isn't ready yet, and should be unrelated to the issue

jc00ke · 2023-02-06T19:43:30Z

jc00ke
Feb 6, 2023
Author

I'll give apt-cache rdepends --installed $package a whirl next time I see the issue.

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jc00ke · 2023-02-09T17:13:54Z

jc00ke
Feb 9, 2023
Author

➜ sudo apt-cache rdepends --installed gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0
gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0
Reverse Depends:
  libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev
  libgtk3-perl
  gnome-characters
  system-config-printer-common
  system-config-printer
  gir1.2-rsvg-2.0
  libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev
  gnome-characters
  gir1.2-wnck-3.0
  gir1.2-gtk-4.0
  gir1.2-notify-0.7
  gir1.2-gtk-3.0
  gir1.2-gnomedesktop-4.0

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jc00ke · 2023-02-09T17:16:57Z

jc00ke
Feb 9, 2023
Author

Now I see the following (mere minutes after they were held back 🤷‍♂️)

➜ sudo apt update; apt list --upgradable
Hit:1 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu kinetic InRelease
Hit:2 https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial InRelease
Get:4 https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/ubuntu kinetic InRelease
Hit:5 https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk InRelease
Hit:6 https://downloads.1password.com/linux/debian/amd64 stable InRelease
Hit:8 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease
Hit:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security InRelease
Hit:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic InRelease
Hit:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates InRelease
Hit:12 https://deb.beekeeperstudio.io stable InRelease
Hit:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-backports InRelease
Get:14 http://apt.insync.io/ubuntu kinetic InRelease [5,537 B]
Hit:15 https://regolith-desktop.org/release-ubuntu-kinetic-amd64 kinetic InRelease
Hit:3 https://osquery-packages.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/deb deb InRelease
Hit:16 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu kinetic InRelease
Hit:7 https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian jessie InRelease
Fetched 11.6 kB in 1s (15.3 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
5 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
Listing... Done
gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0/kinetic-updates 2.42.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.42.9+dfsg-1]
libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0/kinetic-updates 2.42.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.42.9+dfsg-1]
libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev/kinetic-updates 2.42.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.42.9+dfsg-1]
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin/kinetic-updates 2.42.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.42.9+dfsg-1]
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common/kinetic-updates,kinetic-updates 2.42.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1 all [upgradable from: 2.42.9+dfsg-1]

~
➜ sudo apt upgrade -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-5.19.0-28 linux-headers-5.19.0-28-generic linux-image-5.19.0-28-generic linux-modules-5.19.0-28-generic linux-modules-extra-5.19.0-28-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages have been kept back:
  gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.

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kgilmer Feb 24, 2023
Maintainer

Here is what I have for my apt repos on my kinetic install, does yours look the same (ignore the stuff like vscode):

$ apt-cache policy | grep 500
 500 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable/main amd64 Packages
 500 https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian jessie/main amd64 Packages
 500 https://regolith-desktop.org/unstable-ubuntu-kinetic-amd64 kinetic/main amd64 Packages
 500 https://regolith-desktop.org/experimental-ubuntu-kinetic-amd64 kinetic/main amd64 Packages
 500 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu kinetic/main i386 Packages
 500 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu kinetic/main amd64 Packages
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security/multiverse i386 Packages
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security/universe i386 Packages
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security/universe amd64 Packages
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security/restricted i386 Packages
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security/restricted amd64 Packages
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security/main i386 Packages
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security/main amd64 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates/universe i386 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates/universe amd64 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates/restricted i386 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates/main i386 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates/main amd64 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/multiverse i386 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/multiverse amd64 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/universe i386 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/universe amd64 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/restricted i386 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/restricted amd64 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/main i386 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/main amd64 Packages

jc00ke Feb 26, 2023
Author

Here's mine on my laptop (removed extra packages like Tailscale, et al)

 500 https://regolith-desktop.org/release-ubuntu-kinetic-amd64 kinetic/main amd64 Packages
 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/universe amd64 Packages
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security/universe amd64 Packages
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security/restricted amd64 Packages
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security/main amd64 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates/universe amd64 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates/main amd64 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/multiverse amd64 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/universe amd64 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/restricted amd64 Packages
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/main amd64 Packages

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