Proposed fix in: https://salsa.debian.org/apt- team/apt/-/merge_requests/327/diffs?commit_id=483e3b5c49762306c0a9f54117fd70cff43af4be
The corner case with kept back packages not due to phasing ends up with a notice before the prompt: Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Calculating upgrade... The following NEW packages will be installed: phased-new The following updates have been deferred due to phasing: phased phased-dep phased-depends-ready-dep The following packages have been kept back: depends-phased-dep ready-dep The following packages will be upgraded: depends-phased-new phased-security 2 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/126 B of archives. After this operation, 43.0 kB of additional disk space will be used. N: Some packages may have been kept back due to phasing. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] There may be a nicer way to do this. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1988819 Title: When apt keeps back packages due to phased updates, it should list them separately To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1988819/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs