[Bug 1083250] [NEW] Oneiric to Precise upgrade on i386 fails due to dependency problems

[Parameswaran Sivatharman]

Public bug reported:

Oneiric to Precise desktop upgrade fails complaining the following crash

ERROR got exception '<type 'exceptions.SystemError'>': E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 433, in install_archives
    The first parameter *pm* refers to an object returned by
AttributeError: 'NonInteractiveInstallProgress' object has no attribute 'startUpdate'

The following may be of interest

'Errors were encountered while processing:
 gconf2
 light-themes
 compiz-gnome
 network-manager-gnome
 aisleriot
 compiz-plugins-main-default
 unity
 compiz
 apturl
 nautilus-share
 libcanberra-gtk-module
 unity-common
 libgnomevfs2-common
 libcanberra-gtk3-module
 metacity-common
 libreoffice-gnome
 libgksu2-0
 gnome-media
 libgnome2-common
 ubuntuone-client-gnome
 ubuntu-artwork
 ibus
 unity-lens-applications
 libgnome-media-profiles-3.0-0
 libcompizconfig0
 libgweather-common
 libgnomevfs2-0
 gnome-terminal-data
 ubuntu-desktop
 gksu
 gnome-user-share
 ibus-table
 gstreamer0.10-gconf
 compizconfig-backend-gconf
 libmetacity-private0
 update-manager
 gnome-terminal
 metacity
 libgweather-3-0
 evolution-data-server
 ibus-pinyin
 unity-2d
 libfolks-eds25
 update-notifier
 checkbox-gtk

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: dist-upgrade iso-testing qa-daily-testing

** Attachment added: "bootstrap.log"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1083250/+attachment/3444250/+files/bootstrap.log

** Description changed:

  Oneiric to Precise desktop upgrade fails complaining the following crash
  
- 
- ERROR got exception '<type 'exceptions.SystemError'>': E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) 
+ ERROR got exception '<type 'exceptions.SystemError'>': E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  Traceback (most recent call last):
-   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 433, in install_archives
-     The first parameter *pm* refers to an object returned by
+   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 433, in install_archives
+     The first parameter *pm* refers to an object returned by
  AttributeError: 'NonInteractiveInstallProgress' object has no attribute 'startUpdate'
  
- 
- It appears that the underlying cause is due to 
+ The following may be of interest
  
  'Errors were encountered while processing:
-  gconf2
-  light-themes
-  compiz-gnome
-  network-manager-gnome
-  aisleriot
-  compiz-plugins-main-default
-  unity
-  compiz
-  apturl
-  nautilus-share
-  libcanberra-gtk-module
-  unity-common
-  libgnomevfs2-common
-  libcanberra-gtk3-module
-  metacity-common
-  libreoffice-gnome
-  libgksu2-0
-  gnome-media
-  libgnome2-common
-  ubuntuone-client-gnome
-  ubuntu-artwork
-  ibus
-  unity-lens-applications
-  libgnome-media-profiles-3.0-0
-  libcompizconfig0
-  libgweather-common
-  libgnomevfs2-0
-  gnome-terminal-data
-  ubuntu-desktop
-  gksu
-  gnome-user-share
-  ibus-table
-  gstreamer0.10-gconf
-  compizconfig-backend-gconf
-  libmetacity-private0
-  update-manager
-  gnome-terminal
-  metacity
-  libgweather-3-0
-  evolution-data-server
-  ibus-pinyin
-  unity-2d
-  libfolks-eds25
-  update-notifier
-  checkbox-gtk
+  gconf2
+  light-themes
+  compiz-gnome
+  network-manager-gnome
+  aisleriot
+  compiz-plugins-main-default
+  unity
+  compiz
+  apturl
+  nautilus-share
+  libcanberra-gtk-module
+  unity-common
+  libgnomevfs2-common
+  libcanberra-gtk3-module
+  metacity-common
+  libreoffice-gnome
+  libgksu2-0
+  gnome-media
+  libgnome2-common
+  ubuntuone-client-gnome
+  ubuntu-artwork
+  ibus
+  unity-lens-applications
+  libgnome-media-profiles-3.0-0
+  libcompizconfig0
+  libgweather-common
+  libgnomevfs2-0
+  gnome-terminal-data
+  ubuntu-desktop
+  gksu
+  gnome-user-share
+  ibus-table
+  gstreamer0.10-gconf
+  compizconfig-backend-gconf
+  libmetacity-private0
+  update-manager
+  gnome-terminal
+  metacity
+  libgweather-3-0
+  evolution-data-server
+  ibus-pinyin
+  unity-2d
+  libfolks-eds25
+  update-notifier
+  checkbox-gtk
  
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Title:
  Oneiric to Precise upgrade on i386 fails due to dependency problems

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

Bug description:
  Oneiric to Precise desktop upgrade fails complaining the following
  crash

  ERROR got exception '<type 'exceptions.SystemError'>': E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 433, in install_archives
      The first parameter *pm* refers to an object returned by
  AttributeError: 'NonInteractiveInstallProgress' object has no attribute 'startUpdate'

  The following may be of interest

  'Errors were encountered while processing:
   gconf2
   light-themes
   compiz-gnome
   network-manager-gnome
   aisleriot
   compiz-plugins-main-default
   unity
   compiz
   apturl
   nautilus-share
   libcanberra-gtk-module
   unity-common
   libgnomevfs2-common
   libcanberra-gtk3-module
   metacity-common
   libreoffice-gnome
   libgksu2-0
   gnome-media
   libgnome2-common
   ubuntuone-client-gnome
   ubuntu-artwork
   ibus
   unity-lens-applications
   libgnome-media-profiles-3.0-0
   libcompizconfig0
   libgweather-common
   libgnomevfs2-0
   gnome-terminal-data
   ubuntu-desktop
   gksu
   gnome-user-share
   ibus-table
   gstreamer0.10-gconf
   compizconfig-backend-gconf
   libmetacity-private0
   update-manager
   gnome-terminal
   metacity
   libgweather-3-0
   evolution-data-server
   ibus-pinyin
   unity-2d
   libfolks-eds25
   update-notifier
   checkbox-gtk

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