apt-get upgrade packages have been kept back

[cc]

hi

I have sarge stable sarge installed:

# uname -a
Linux cc.mydomain.net 2.6.8-2-686 #1 Tue Aug 16 13:22:48 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux

knows someone why some packages have been kept back and howto solve this problem ?

# apt-get update
Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org sarge/main Packages
Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org sarge/main Release
Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org sarge/main Sources
Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org sarge/main Release
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org stable/main Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org stable/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-free Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org stable/non-free Release
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org stable/contrib Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org stable/contrib Release
Reading Package Lists... Done

# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  abiword-common abiword-gnome adduser amavisd-new apache2 apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils apt apt-spy apt-utils aptitude
  arts bash bind9 bind9-host bluefish bug-buddy build-essential cacti capplets-data cdrecord clamav clamav-base
  clamav-daemon clamav-freshclam courier-authdaemon courier-base courier-imap courier-imap-ssl courier-pop courier-pop-ssl
  courier-ssl cpp cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cvs debianutils desktop-file-utils dia-common dia-gnome dia-libs dirmngr
  dnsutils dovecot-common eog ethereal ethereal-common evolution evolution-data-server file-roller fontconfig
  foomatic-db-gimp-print foomatic-filters-ppds foomatic-gui freeswan freeswan-modules-source g++ gcalctool gcc gconf-editor
  gconf2 gdm gedit gedit-common gftp gftp-common gftp-gtk gftp-text gksu gnome-about gnome-applets gnome-applets-data
  gnome-control-center gnome-core gnome-cups-manager gnome-games-data gnome-keyring gnome-media gnome-nettool gnome-panel
  gnome-panel-data gnome-session gnome-system-monitor gnome-system-tools gnome-terminal gnome-themes gnome-themes-extras
  gnome-utils gnome-volume-manager gnomemeeting gnumeric gnumeric-common gnupg gnupg-agent gpgsm gs-gpl
  gstreamer0.8-audiofile gstreamer0.8-flac gstreamer0.8-gnomevfs gstreamer0.8-mad gstreamer0.8-misc gstreamer0.8-oss
  gstreamer0.8-plugin-apps gstreamer0.8-tools gstreamer0.8-vorbis gtk2-engines-crux gtk2-engines-industrial
  gtk2-engines-lighthouseblue gtk2-engines-mist gtk2-engines-pixbuf gtk2-engines-redmond95 gtk2-engines-smooth
  gtk2-engines-thinice gucharmap hal hpijs hwinfo ijsgimpprint imagemagick imlib11 initscripts inkscape ipsec-tools
  libapache2-mod-perl2 libapache2-mod-php4 libapt-pkg-perl libarts1-audiofile libatk1.0-0 libauthen-pam-perl libbonobo2-0
  libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libc-client2002edebian libcompress-zlib-perl libconvert-uulib-perl
  libcroco3 libcupsimage2 libcupsys2-gnutls10 libcurl3 libdbd-mysql-perl libdigest-sha1-perl libfam0c102
  libfinance-quote-perl libfontconfig1 libgail-common libgail17 libgconf2-4 libgda2-3 libgimp2.0 libgksu1.2-0 libglade2-0
  libgle3 libglib2.0-0 libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome-keyring0 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0
  libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeui-0
  libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgpgme11 libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-port0 libgstreamer-gconf0.8-0
  libgstreamer-plugins0.8-0 libgstreamer0.8-0 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtkhtml2-0 libgtksourceview1.0-0 libgucharmap4
  libhtml-parser-perl libice6 libidl0 libisccc0 libkeynote0 libkrb5-17-heimdal libldap2 libldap2-dev liblocale-gettext-perl
  libmetacity0 libnet-dns-perl libnet-server-perl libnet-ssleay-perl liborbit2 libpanel-applet2-0 libpango1.0-0 libpcre3
  libpcre3-dev libperl5.8 libpisync0 libpt-plugins-oss libpt-plugins-v4l2 librsvg2-2 librsvg2-common libsane libsasl2
  libsasl2-dev libsasl2-modules libsasl2-modules-sql libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-oss libsensors3 libsm6 libssl-dev
  libssl0.9.7 libstartup-notification0 libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libtunepimp-bin libunix-syslog-perl
  libvte-common libvte4 libx11-6 libxaw7 libxcursor1 libxext6 libxft2 libxi6 libxine1 libxmu6 libxmuu1 libxp6 libxpm4
  libxrandr2 libxt6 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libxv1 mc metacity mkisofs mozilla-browser mozilla-psm mozilla-thunderbird mutt
  nautilus nautilus-cd-burner nautilus-data netbase nmap nmapfe ntpdate openjade openssl passwd pciutils perl perl-base
  perl-modules php4 php4-cli php4-common php4-mysql php4-pear php4-snmp pinentry-qt planner pmount postfix postfix-mysql
  postgresql-dev python python-foomatic python-gdbm python-glade2 python-gnome2 python-gtk2 python-newt pyzor reportbug
  rhythmbox rrdtool sasl2-bin setools shared-mime-info snmp snmpd spamassassin spamc ssh synaptic sysutils sysvinit tasksel
  tcpdump tidy totem totem-xine udev util-linux vim vim-common vim-gtk vino vsftpd w3m webalizer wget whiptail
  x-window-system-core xbase-clients xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfonts-scalable xlibmesa-dri xlibmesa-gl
  xlibmesa-glu xlibs-data xmms xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl xserver-xfree86 xutils yelp zenity
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 326 not upgraded.

[Vergil83]

try

apt-get dist-upgrade