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Problem description


The application Software (that is, Gnome Software 41.5) shows available updates, while sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade finds no updates, apart from some kept-back packages:


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Output of terminal:


Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Hit:5 https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable InRelease
Hit:6 https://apt.syncthing.net syncthing InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
4 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
alsa-ucm-conf gnome-remote-desktop update-notifier update-notifier-common
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.

apt-cache policy alsa-ucm-conf
alsa-ucm-conf:
Installed: 1.2.6.3-1ubuntu1.2
Candidate: 1.2.6.3-1ubuntu1.2
Version table:
*** 1.2.6.3-1ubuntu1.2 500 (phased 70%)
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.2.6.3-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main i386 Packages

sudo snap refresh
All snaps up to date.

Solutions tried



  • I ran dpkg --configure -a (maybe some weird update failure problem?), without luck.

  • I changed the Updates download server from my local server to Main server (maybe updates are yet to be pushed to the former, while Software uses Main server?), without luck.


The installation (Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS) is fairly new (a week old) and has been updated without any freak occurrences yet.


Why does this happen? Do I have to expect issues after pressing Software's Update button, which seems to conflict apt's and therefore dpkg's assessment?


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As posted in the comment, after getting capable to correctly use the GUI of GNOME's Software, it turns out that its announced “OS Updates” are the same packages which are kept back by apt.
As @user535733 correctly commented, my original question (are apt and Software in some fundamental disagreement) is technically solved.


Yet, two open points emerge/remain:



  • Why does Software ignore phasing? Is this wanted or a bug?

    • My best guess would be that people who use Software at all are wishing for a simple and risk-minimizing OS experience, which would be somewhat contradicted by throwing out phased package introductions.



  • Where do the other packages below "OS Updates" come from?

    snap refresh and flatpak update does not show any upgrades either.


I guess these points are overly tangential to the original question, so that I would close it and potentially repost these two points after some further examination.


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