I need to reboot but all looks good. No packages actually needed installation it seems, just the grub update and some reconfiguration. So I gues the answer to my original question is "almost OK" 
Im guessing the culprit was boost that asked me to mark additional packages on reboot for installation and probably where the upgrade failed, although its not clear to me why. I am glad to know everything is properly set up and config'd thanks for the help, it took a bit of grief from my evening,

Im guessing the culprit was boost that asked me to mark additional packages on reboot for installation and probably where the upgrade failed, although its not clear to me why. I am glad to know everything is properly set up and config'd thanks for the help, it took a bit of grief from my evening,
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