update manager complains about octave upgrade

[jan]

Binary package hint: octave3.2

Today's update, with description as solving #546671 blocks my upgrade manager for octave3.2 and octave3.2-common on Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Release: 10.04

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Changes for the versions:
3.2.3-1build1
3.2.3-1ubuntu1

Version 3.2.3-1ubuntu1:

  * Backport from unstable (Thomas Weber):
    - Drop libgl1-mesa-swx11-dev and libglu1-mesa-dev from
      build-dependencies. They are already pulled in by other packages, so
      we don't need to force specific versions of Mesa (LP: #546671).

uname -a | grep octave

Linux 2.6.32-30-generic-pae #59-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 1 23:01:33 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux

$ dpkg --list
ii octave-multicore 0.2.15-1build1 parallel processing on multiple cores for Oc
ii octave3.2 3.2.3-1build1 GNU Octave language for numerical computatio
ii octave3.2-common 3.2.3-1build1 architecture-independent files for octave3.2

[jan (jan-ubuntu-h-i-s)]

I wan't able to get reasons out of apt-get. It's listing is below:

$ sudo apt-get -V upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
   ffmpeg (0.5.1-1ubuntu1 => 0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1)
   libavdevice52 (0.5.1-1ubuntu1 => 0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1)
   libavfilter0 (0.5.1-1ubuntu1 => 0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1)
   libavformat52 (0.5.1-1ubuntu1 => 0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1)
   libpostproc51 (0.5.1-1ubuntu1 => 0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1)
   libswscale0 (0.5.1-1ubuntu1 => 0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1)
   octave3.2 (3.2.3-1build1 => 3.2.3-1ubuntu1)
   octave3.2-common (3.2.3-1build1 => 3.2.3-1ubuntu1)

[jan (jan-ubuntu-h-i-s)]

Workaround:
Go to synaptic manager.
Select upgrade there. Then, another package is installed (libftgl2) and the upgrade commences as expected.
It is unclear to me why upgrade manager does not do this for me.

Setting up libftgl2 (2.1.3~rc5-3) ...
Setting up octave3.2-common (3.2.3-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up octave3.2 (3.2.3-1ubuntu1) ...

[Mike Miller (mtmiller)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report. See http://askubuntu.com/questions/601/the-following-packages-have-been-kept-back-why-and-how-do-i-solve-it for the answer to your question.