[PROBLEM] Distribution upgrade to Buster fails

[Skywatch]

I guess that the -y in line 3) will start the upgrade right away. It was upgrading in the background while I was looking to see what packages were/were not included. Maybe I missed it, but I am very confident that it was not showing.

I'll try again without -y as that will hopefully hold it at the yes/no prompt and I can look again.

And here's why - initramfs-tools is held back for some reason!

Terminal

xbian@cinema2 ~ $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade --allow-downgrades -o Dpkg::Options: :=--force-confdef -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold 2>&1 | tee /tmp/aptstatus
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Calculating upgrade...
The following packages will be REMOVED:
consolekit libmariadbclient18 libtirpc1 systemd-shim xbian-package-xbmc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf binutils-common cpp-8 fdisk g++-8 gcc-7-base
gcc-8 gcc-8-base gdisk gnupg-l10n gnupg-utils gpg gpg-agent gpg-wks-client
gpg-wks-server gpgconf gpgsm guile-2.2-libs libargon2-1 libasan5 libass9
libb-hooks-op-check-perl libbind9-161 libbinutils libblockdev-fs2
libblockdev-loop2 libblockdev-part-err2 libblockdev-part2 libblockdev-swap2
libblockdev-utils2 libblockdev2 libboolean-perl libcdio-cdda2
libcdio-paranoia2 libcdio18 libclone-choose-perl libcodec2-0.8.1 libcom-err2
libcryptsetup12 libdevel-callchecker-perl libdns-export1104 libdns1104
libdrm-amdgpu1 libdrm-common libdrm-etnaviv1 libdrm-nouveau2 libdrm-radeon1
libdynaloader-functions-perl libegl-mesa0 libegl1 libevent-2.1-6 libext2fs2
libf2fs-format4 libf2fs5 libfl2 libfstrm0 libgcc-8-dev libgdbm-compat4
libgdbm6 libgl1 libgl1-mesa-dri libglvnd0 libglx-mesa0 libglx0 libi2c0
libicu63 libimagequant0 libisc-export1100 libisc1100 libisccc161
libisccfg163 libisl19 libjansson4 libllvm7 liblmdb0 liblwres161 libmariadb3
libmpfr6 libncurses6 libncursesw6 libnftnl11 libnl-route-3-200 libnorm1
libntfs-3g883 libparted-fs-resize0 libpcre2-8-0 libperl5.28 libprocps7
libprotobuf-c1 libpython2-dev libpython2-stdlib libpython3.7
libpython3.7-dev libpython3.7-minimal libpython3.7-stdlib libsensors-config
libsensors5 libsndio7.0 libsodium23 libstdc++-8-dev libtinfo6
libtirpc-common libtirpc3 libubsan1 libuchardet0 libunistring2 libva-drm2
libva-x11-2 libva2 libvidstab1.1 libvpx5 libwayland-egl1 libwebpmux3
libx264-155 libx265-165 libyaml-0-2 mariadb-common perl-modules-5.28
python-certifi python-idna python2 python2-dev python2-minimal
python3-certifi python3-chardet python3-crypto python3-dbus
python3-distro-info python3-distutils python3-idna python3-lib2to3
python3-pkg-resources python3-requests python3-six python3-urllib3
python3-yaml python3.7 python3.7-dev python3.7-minimal usb.ids
The following packages have been kept back:
initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-core
The following packages will be upgraded:
acl adduser alsa-tools alsa-utils anacron apt apt-utils at atomicparsley
autoconf autofs automake autotools-dev avahi-daemon base-files base-passwd
bash bc bind9-host binutils blt bsdmainutils bsdutils btrfs-progs
build-essential bzip2 ca-certificates cec-utils cifs-utils cme console-setup
console-setup-linux coreutils cpio cpp cron cvs dash dbus debconf
debconf-i18n debian-archive-keyring debian-keyring debianutils dh-python
dialog diffutils dirmngr distro-info-data dmsetup dosfstools dpkg dpkg-dev
e2fslibs e2fsprogs exfat-fuse exfat-utils f2fs-tools fail2ban ffmpeg file
findutils firmware-atheros firmware-misc-nonfree firmware-ralink
firmware-realtek fontconfig fontconfig-config fuse g++ gcc gettext
gettext-base git git-man gnupg gnupg-agent gpgv grep groff-base
guile-2.0-libs gzip hdparm hfsutils hostname i2c-tools ifplugd ifupdown
inetutils-tools init-system-helpers initscripts insserv iproute2 iptables
ir-keytable isc-dhcp-client isc-dhcp-common iw jfsutils kbd
keyboard-configuration keyutils klibc-utils kmod kpartx lcdproc less
libaacs0 libacl1 libalgorithm-diff-perl libao-common libao4 libaom0
libapparmor1 libapt-inst2.0 libapt-pkg5.0 libasn1-8-heimdal libasound2
libasound2-data libassuan0 libatasmart4 libatomic1 libattr1 libaudit-common
libaudit1 libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3
libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 libavahi-core7 libavc1394-0 libavcodec58
libavdevice58 libavfilter7 libavformat58 libavresample4 libavutil56
libblkid1 libbluetooth3 libbluray2 libbsd0 libbz2-1.0 libc-bin libc-dev-bin
libc-l10n libc6 libc6-dev libcaca0 libcairo2 libcap-ng0 libcap2 libcap2-bin
libcapture-tiny-perl libcarp-assert-more-perl libcc1-0 libcec libcec-dev
libcec4 libchromaprint1 libclass-data-inheritable-perl libclass-isa-perl
libclass-load-perl libclone-perl libcomerr2 libconfig-model-lcdproc-perl
libconfig-model-perl libcroco3 libcups2 libcurl3-gnutls libdaemon0
libdatrie1 libdb5.3 libdbus-1-3 libdbus-glib-1-2 libdebconfclient0
libdevel-stacktrace-perl libdevmapper-event1.02.1 libdevmapper1.02.1
libdigest-hmac-perl libdpkg-perl libdrm2 libebur128-1 libedit2 libegl1-mesa
libelf1 liberror-perl libevdev2 libexception-class-perl libexpat1
libexpat1-dev libexporter-tiny-perl libfdisk1 libffi6 libfftw3-double3
libfftw3-single3 libfile-copy-recursive-perl libfile-homedir-perl
libfile-which-perl libflac8 libflite1 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6
libfribidi0 libfuse2 libgbm1 libgc1c2 libgcc1 libgcrypt20 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common libgeoip1 libgetopt-long-descriptive-perl libgif7
libgl1-mesa-glx libglapi-mesa libglib2.0-0 libglu1-mesa libgme0 libgmp10
libgnutls-openssl27 libgnutls30 libgomp1 libgpg-error0 libgpgme11
libgraphite2-3 libgsm1 libgssapi-krb5-2 libgssapi3-heimdal libgudev-1.0-0
libharfbuzz0b libhash-merge-perl libhcrypto4-heimdal libhdb9-heimdal
libheimbase1-heimdal libheimntlm0-heimdal libhogweed4 libhtml-parser-perl
libhtml-tree-perl libhttp-cookies-perl libhttp-message-perl
libhttp-negotiate-perl libhx509-5-heimdal libi2c-dev libidn11 libidn2-0
libiec61883-0 libimobiledevice6 libinput-bin libinput10
libio-socket-ssl-perl libio-stringy-perl libip4tc0 libip6tc0 libiptc0
libiw30 libjack-jackd2-0 libjpeg62-turbo libjs-jquery libjs-sphinxdoc
libjs-underscore libjson-c3 libjson-perl libk5crypto3 libkdc2-heimdal
libkeyutils1 libklibc libkmod2 libkrb5-26-heimdal libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0
liblcms2-2 libldap-2.4-2 libldap-common libldb1 liblilv-0-0 liblirc-client0
liblist-moreutils-perl liblocale-gettext-perl liblockfile-bin liblockfile1
liblog-log4perl-perl libltdl7 liblwp-protocol-https-perl liblz4-1 liblzma5
liblzo2-2 libmad0 libmagic-mgc libmagic1 libmailutils5 libmicrohttpd12
libmodplug1 libmodule-runtime-perl libmount1 libmouse-perl
libmousex-strictconstructor-perl libmp3-tag-perl libmp3lame0 libmpc3
libmpdec2 libmpeg2-4 libmpg123-0 libmysofa0 libncurses5 libncursesw5
libnet-http-perl libnet-smtp-tls-butmaintained-perl libnet-ssleay-perl
libnetfilter-conntrack3 libnettle6 libnfnetlink0 libnghttp2-14 libnih-dbus1
libnih1 libnl-3-200 libnl-genl-3-200 libnpth0 libnspr4 libnss-mdns libnss3
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libopts25 libopus0 liborc-0.4-0 libp11-kit-dev libp11-kit0
libpackage-stash-perl libpam-modules libpam-modules-bin libpam-runtime
libpam-systemd libpam0g libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libpangoft2-1.0-0
libparams-classify-perl libparams-util-perl libparams-validate-perl
libparse-recdescent-perl libparted2 libpath-tiny-perl libpcre3 libpcrecpp0v5
libpcsclite1 libperl4-corelibs-perl libpgm-5.2-0 libpipeline1 libpixman-1-0
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libpulse-mainloop-glib0 libpulse0 libpython-dev libpython-stdlib
libpython2.7 libpython2.7-dev libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib
libpython3-dev libpython3-stdlib libreadline7 libregexp-common-perl
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libwayland-client0 libwayland-cursor0 libwayland-egl1-mesa
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ucf udev udisks2 ufw unattended-upgrades update-inetd upower usbutils
util-linux wget wireless-tools wpasupplicant xbian-package-vnc-server
xkb-data xz-utils zlib1g
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