[Bug 1071724] Re: Dist upgrade from 12.04 LTS to 12.10 fails

[Alberto Salvia Novella]

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** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Dist upgrade from 12.04 LTS to 12.10 fails

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Trying to do a dist upgrade from 12.04 LTS to 12.10 fails with the
  error "E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages."

  Checking for broken packages in 12.04 LTS however shows that there are
  none.

  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
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Oct 26 12:45:39 2012
  GsettingsChanges:
   com.ubuntu.update-manager check-new-release-ignore 'natty'
   com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
   com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1351245838
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 518
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-10-26 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'

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