[Bug 1094933] [NEW] Upgrade to 'precise' failed

[Chris Haynes]

Public bug reported:

Machine is a remote virtual server.
Upgrading over SSH.
Relevant part of console:
--------------
 linux-generic
Error in function: 

ERROR:root:not handled exception:
SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


A fatal error occurred 

Please report this as a bug and include the files 
/var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log and /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log in 
your report. The upgrade has aborted. 
Your original sources.list was saved in 
/etc/apt/sources.list.distUpgrade. 

SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


ERROR:root:SystemError from cache.commit(): installArchives() failed

Could not install the upgrades 
------------

Log files and larger part of console uploaded in attached zip.

No explicit recovery action taken yet.

'ls' now does not work:
---------
root at valesaa2:~# ls
ls: unrecognized prefix: hl
ls: unparsable value for LS_COLORS environment variable
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** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: dist-upgrade

** Attachment added: "sd-debug.zip"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1094933/+attachment/3471533/+files/sd-debug.zip

** Tags added: dist-upgrade

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Title:
  Upgrade to 'precise' failed

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Machine is a remote virtual server.
  Upgrading over SSH.
  Relevant part of console:
  --------------
   linux-generic
  Error in function: 

  ERROR:root:not handled exception:
  SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  
  A fatal error occurred 

  Please report this as a bug and include the files 
  /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log and /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log in 
  your report. The upgrade has aborted. 
  Your original sources.list was saved in 
  /etc/apt/sources.list.distUpgrade. 

  SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  
  ERROR:root:SystemError from cache.commit(): installArchives() failed

  Could not install the upgrades 
  ------------

  Log files and larger part of console uploaded in attached zip.

  No explicit recovery action taken yet.

  'ls' now does not work:
  ---------
  root at valesaa2:~# ls
  ls: unrecognized prefix: hl
  ls: unparsable value for LS_COLORS environment variable
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