On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 06:10:45AM +0000, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > I would like to understand why apt-get upgrade holds backup the upgrade of > the Linux kernel.
Because the kernel ABI changed, and a new package has to be installed. It's not just an upgrade of an existing package. By default, "apt upgrade" will allow new packages to be installed, but "apt-get upgrade" will not. You can use "apt-get dist-upgrade". Or you can use "apt-get --with-new-pkgs upgrade". Or you can (maybe?) tweak some variable in apt.conf to make --with-new-pkgs the default behavior.
