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What is Synaptic trying to tell me?

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I've been exploring the idea of downloading several packages.
When I select "apply" it routinely says "1 package will be held back and 
not upgraded" in the lower half of a screen titled "Summary (as superuser)".

In both the upper and lower half of that screen I can discover what 
packages will be downloaded I can click appropriately and be informed 
that a list of packages will be downloaded. They are always what I 
wanted/expected. So far, so good ;/

Today I got curious.
In the lower half of the screen I clicked the button labeled "Show 
Details". It listed *ONLY* the expected/intended files.

In the upper half of the screen I observed that clicking on the ">" 
labeled "To be installed" I observed the same files as listed in 
response to "Show Details".

*HOWEVER* when clicking on the ">" labeled "Unchanged" it listed 
"linux-image-686-pae". Why? Less than 2 weeks ago I chose to install the 
i386 flavor of current point release of Stretch. I was using "Expert 
Install" and IIRC that was the default.

For years I've gotten the "1 package will be held back and not upgraded" 
message. That response is obviously release independent. Previous 
installs have been from purchased DVD sets.

This is the *FIRST* time I have attempted to investigate what is being 
held back.

Please educate me ;/

TIA

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What is Synaptic trying to tell me? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-18 22:20 +0100
  Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-19 02:00 +0100
    Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-20 14:20 +0100
      Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-20 17:10 +0100
  Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2018-01-19 05:40 +0100
    Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-20 14:20 +0100
      Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-01-20 15:20 +0100
        Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-20 17:10 +0100

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