I have ubuntu 12.04 installed on my machine.When I run the update manager on my machine I get the following message.
I don't know how to fix this issue.Is it safe to run apt-get dist upgrade.? I am quite happy with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and not keen on moving to a newer release.Please advice.
Output of
sudo apt-get update
on command line is given below.
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise Release
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates Release
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports Release
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security Release
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/main Sources
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/universe Sources
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://www.scootersoftware.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/main Sources
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org precise Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/main Sources
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org precise Release
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/main Sources
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/universe Sources
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://www.scootersoftware.com stable Release
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise/universe Translation-en
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-backports/universe Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org precise/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au precise-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org precise/contrib i386 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release
Hit http://www.scootersoftware.com stable/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://download.virtualbox.org precise/contrib TranslationIndex
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://www.scootersoftware.com stable/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://www.scootersoftware.com stable/non-free TranslationIndex
Ign http://download.virtualbox.org precise/contrib Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://download.virtualbox.org precise/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://www.scootersoftware.com stable/non-free Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://www.scootersoftware.com stable/non-free Translation-en
Reading package lists...
output of sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
libexttextcat-data libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-calc libreoffice-common libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw libreoffice-emailmerge libreoffice-gnome
libreoffice-gtk libreoffice-help-en-us libreoffice-impress libreoffice-math libreoffice-style-tango libreoffice-writer linux-generic linux-headers-generic
linux-image-generic mysql-client-5.5 mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server-core-5.5 python-uno uno-libs3 ure
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 23 not upgraded.
output of cat /var/log/apt/history.log
Start-Date: 2013-08-13 17:25:02
Commandline: apt-get install colordiff
Install: colordiff:amd64 (1.0.9-1)
End-Date: 2013-08-13 17:25:09
Start-Date: 2013-08-14 08:18:29
Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.66'
Upgrade: apt-transport-https:amd64 (0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.10, 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.12), unity:amd64 (5.18.0-0ubuntu2, 5.20.0-0ubuntu2), gir1.2-dbusmenu-gtk-0.4:amd64 (0.6.2-0ubuntu0.1, 0.6.2-0ubuntu0.2), libebackend-1.2-1:amd64 (3.2.3-0ubuntu7, 3.2.3-0ubuntu7.1), bind9-host:amd64 (9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.6, 9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.7), gwibber-service-identica:amd64 (3.4.2-0ubuntu2.2, 3.4.2-0ubuntu2.3), libgudev-1.0-0:amd64 (175-0ubuntu9.3, 175-0ubuntu9.4), libgudev-1.0-0:i386 (175-0ubuntu9.3, 175-0ubuntu9.4), thunderbird-locale-en-us:amd64 (17.0.7+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, 17.0.8+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1), libxml2-utils:amd64 (2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.4, 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.6), dnsutils:amd64 (9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.6, 9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.7), mysql-server:amd64 (5.5.31-0ubuntu0.12.04.2, 5.5.32-0ubuntu0.12.04.1), fonts-opensymbol:amd64 (102.2+LibO4.0.4~rc2-0ubuntu1~precise1, 102.3+LibO4.1.0-0ubuntu1~precise1~ppa1), libevince3-3:amd64 (3.4.0-0ubuntu1.6, 3.4.0-0ubuntu1.7), thunderbird:amd64 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1.99-21ubuntu3.10), libisc83:amd64 (9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.6, 9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.7), libedataserverui-3.0-1:amd64 (3.2.3-0ubuntu7, 3.2.3-0ubuntu7.1), libvlccore5:amd64 (2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, 2.0.8-0ubuntu0.12.04.1), libgwibber-gtk2:amd64 (3.4.2-0ubuntu2.2, 3.4.2-0ubuntu2.3), apport-gtk:amd64 (2.0.1-0ubuntu17.3, 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4), mysql-common:amd64 (5.5.31-0ubuntu0.12.04.2, 5.5.32-0ubuntu0.12.04.1), lsb-release:amd64 (4.0-0ubuntu20.2, 4.0-0ubuntu20.3), thunderbird-locale-en:amd64 (17.0.7+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, 17.0.8+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1), python-libxml2:amd64 (2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.4, 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.6), vlc-plugin-pulse:amd64 (2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, 2.0.8-0ubuntu0.12.04.1), gnupg:amd64 (1.4.11-3ubuntu2.2, 1.4.11-3ubuntu2.3)
End-Date: 2013-08-14 08:22:05
Start-Date: 2013-08-14 13:25:30
Commandline: apt-get install curl
Install: curl:amd64 (7.22.0-3ubuntu4.2)
End-Date: 2013-08-14 13:25:38