[Bug 1126896] [NEW] 12.04 to 12.10 upgrade failed

Tyler Teal tteal at mail.wou.edu
Sat Feb 16 03:52:53 UTC 2013 

Public bug reported:

in update manager i changed notification from Longterm to any version.
clicked check for updates.
clicked the 12.10 upgrade button.

----error message-------------

Could not calculate the upgrade

An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade:
E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

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 ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal.

-------------------------------------

----attempted fix-------
i tried everything located here
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=947124

did not correct.
-----------------------

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 15 19:48:52 2013
GsettingsChanges:
 com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
 com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1360984945
 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 500
 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-02-16 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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


** Tags: apport-bug dist-upgrade i386 precise running-unity

** Description changed:

- in update manager i changed notification from Longterm to any version. 
- clicked check for updates. 
+ in update manager i changed notification from Longterm to any version.
+ clicked check for updates.
  clicked the 12.10 upgrade button.
+ 
+ ----error message-------------
+ 
+ Could not calculate the upgrade
+ 
+ An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade: 
+ E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. 
+ 
+ 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 ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. 
+ 
+ -------------------------------------
+ 
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Feb 15 19:48:52 2013
  GsettingsChanges:
-  com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
-  com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1360984945
-  com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 500
-  com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
+  com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
+  com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1360984945
+  com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 500
+  com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
-  TERM=xterm
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  TERM=xterm
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-02-16 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Description changed:

  in update manager i changed notification from Longterm to any version.
  clicked check for updates.
  clicked the 12.10 upgrade button.
  
  ----error message-------------
  
  Could not calculate the upgrade
  
- An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade: 
- E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. 
+ An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade:
+ E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
  
- 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 
+ 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 ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. 
+ If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the
+ command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal.
  
  -------------------------------------
  
+ ----attempted fix-------
+ i tried everything located here
+ http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=947124
+ 
+ did not correct.
+ -----------------------
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Feb 15 19:48:52 2013
  GsettingsChanges:
   com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
   com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1360984945
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 500
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-02-16 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1126896

Title:
  12.04 to 12.10 upgrade failed

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

Bug description:
  in update manager i changed notification from Longterm to any version.
  clicked check for updates.
  clicked the 12.10 upgrade button.

  ----error message-------------

  Could not calculate the upgrade

  An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade:
  E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

  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 ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal.

  -------------------------------------

  ----attempted fix-------
  i tried everything located here
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=947124

  did not correct.
  -----------------------

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Feb 15 19:48:52 2013
  GsettingsChanges:
   com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
   com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1360984945
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 500
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-02-16 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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