The held back due to upstart problem is known, just run dist-upgrade a second time.
We figured most people who use APT are used to running it multiple times until it sticks -- dapper -> edgy dist-upgrade holds back essential packages https://launchpad.net/bugs/63680 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs