It turns out the reason for this is that those packages are newer in
gutsy than in harder, e.g. firefox:
hardy 2.0.0.10+2nobinonly-0ubuntu2
gutsy 2.0.0.6+2nobinonly-0ubuntu1
security 2.0.0.11+2nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10
updates 2.0.0.11+2nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10
This confuses the upgrader.
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[hardy] dist-upgrade removes a lot of (non-)obsolete packages
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181201
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