(solved) d-u wants to remove packages

[ghettoblaster]

somethings goin on here:

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The following packages will be REMOVED:
  build-essential dkms g++ g++-4.9 gcc gcc-4.9 kernel-package linux-headers-3.15-5.towo.2-siduction-amd64
  linux-headers-3.15-6.towo-siduction-amd64 linux-headers-3.15-7.towo-siduction-amd64
  linux-headers-3.15-8.towo-siduction-amd64 linux-headers-3.16-0.towo-siduction-amd64
  linux-headers-3.16-1.towo-siduction-amd64 linux-headers-siduction-amd64 nvidia-driver nvidia-kernel-dkms
  virtualbox-dkms
The following packages have been kept back:
  cpp-4.9 gcc-4.9-base libasan1 libatomic1 libcilkrts5 libgcc-4.9-dev libgcc1 libgfortran3 libgomp1 libitm1
  liblsan0 libquadmath0 libstdc++-4.9-dev libstdc++6 libtsan0 libubsan0
The following packages will be upgraded:
  bluetooth bluez cpp-4.8 cryptsetup cryptsetup-bin fontconfig fontconfig-config g++-4.8 gcc-4.8
  gcc-4.8-base gcc-4.8-base:i386 init init-system-helpers kde-config-cddb kmix libasan0 libbluetooth3
  libcryptsetup4 libfontconfig1 libgcc-4.8-dev libgudev-1.0-0 libkcddb4 libpam-systemd libstdc++-4.8-dev
  libsystemd-daemon0 libsystemd-id128-0 libsystemd-id128-0:i386 libsystemd-journal0 libsystemd-journal0:i386
  libsystemd-login0 libthai-data libthai0 libudev1 print-manager python-imaging python-pil rsyslog strace
  systemd systemd-sysv udev
41 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 17 to remove and 16 not upgraded.
Need to get 38.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 252 MB disk space will be freed.
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seems better to wait a while.

[GoinEasy9]

I just did 2 dist-upgrades using both American mirrors and nothing was set to be removed.  Could be MultiArch waiting for a new package. I haven't set up MultiArch on my machine.

[dibl]

Yes, the removal of the headers packages is a known issue on 64-bit multiarch systems.  There is another thread on the topic, somewhere under this forum.

FYI, unless I see something else of concern to be removed, I normally just let the headers go.  After the d-u, you can issue

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apt-get install linux-headers-siduction-amd64 and that will pull the headers package for your running kernel back in.  Note that the older headers packages are gone for good, unless you manually reinstall them.

[ghettoblaster]

I tried again and problem is gone now, d-u wont remove anything, nothing was held back.
So solved for me now. Sometimes it's enough to have a little patience