Comment 5 for bug 1589204

Simple reproducer:

# cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/test.list
deb [trusted=yes] copy://home/adconrad/apt-test ./
# cat /home/adconrad/apt-test/Packages
Package: apt
Priority: important
Section: admin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 99:1
Depends: test (>= 99:1)
# apt-get update
# apt-get dist-upgrade | grep upgraded
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
# apt-get autoremove | grep upgraded
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
# apt-get upgrade | grep upgraded
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
# apt-get install hello | grep upgraded
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

Note that only "dist-upgrade" appears to fail to report the package being held because it's uninstallable.