[Bug 996916] Re: postgresql packages in the removal blacklist making it hard to upgrade

[cfi]

Brian, if it is postgresql that is responsible, then commenting out that
line from the removal_blacklist.cfg should help fix it.

After commenting out that one line, my blacklist now is:

# blacklist of packages that should never be removed
ubuntu-standard
ubuntu-minimal
ubuntu-desktop
kubuntu-desktop
xubuntu-desktop
lubuntu-desktop
# ubuntu-release-upgrader should not remove itself or update-manager
update-manager
update-manager-core
ubuntu-release-upgrader
# posgresql (LP: #871893)
#^postgresql-.*[0-9]\.[0-9].*
# the upgrade runs in it
^screen$
# unity
unity$
# gnome-session (LP: #946539)
gnome-session$

Still, the upgrader stops with the reported error message. Anyone any
other suggestions?

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Title:
  postgresql packages in the removal blacklist making it hard to upgrade

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

Bug description:
  I have got this pop-up error message while updating from Ubuntu
  version 11.04 to 11.10:

  Could not calculate the upgrade

  An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade:
  The package 'postgresql-plperl-8.4' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist.

   This can be caused by:
   * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
   * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
   * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu

  If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the command
  'ubuntu-bug update-manager' in a terminal.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.150.5.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-15.59-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-15-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed May  9 15:17:02 2012
  GConfNonDefault:
   /apps/update-manager/check_new_release_ignore=oneiric
   /apps/update-manager/first_run=false
   /apps/update-manager/window_size=(600,600)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2012-05-09 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog:
   
  VarLogDistupgradeHistorylog:
   
  VarLogDistupgradeSystemstatetargz:
   
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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