[Bug 1162336] [NEW] Fatal error in aborted upgrade

[Mario Velasco]

Public bug reported:

I was upgrading acording the normal instructions, from ubuntu server
10.4 lts to 12.4 lts. This is a VPS server hosted in Mochahost, with
Plesk and a cgi called mapserver. Upgrade process marked a fatal error,
that acording instructions need to be reported as a bug.

My server is funtioning, all the sites are online, but Plesk and
mapserver cgi has been erased. I hope these could help some how.

These are the messages, and I attached the log files:

****************************************************
Stopping some services possibly affected by the upgrade (will be restarted later):                                                       
  cron: stopping...done.

WARNING: this version of the GNU libc requires kernel version
2.6.24 or later. Please upgrade your kernel before installing
glibc.

The installation of a 2.6 kernel _could_ ask you to install a new libc
first, this is NOT a bug, and should *NOT* be reported. In that case,
please add lenny sources to your /etc/apt/sources.list and run:
  apt-get install -t lenny linux-image-2.6
Then reboot into this new kernel, and proceed with your upgrade
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.15-0ubuntu10.3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              ERROR:root:got an error from dpkg for pkg: '/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.15-0ubuntu10.3_amd64.deb': 'subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1'
                                                                                                Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.15-0ubuntu10.3_amd64.deb
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

The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A 
recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a). 

Please report this bug in a browser at 
http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+filebug and 
attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ to the bug report. 
installArchives() failed 

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libnih-dbus1:
 libnih-dbus1 depends on libnih1 (= 1.0.3-4ubuntu9.1); however:
  Version of libnih1 on system is 1.0.1-1.
dpkg: error processing libnih-dbus1 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up gcc-4.6-base (4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libnih-dbus1

Upgrade complete

The upgrade has completed but there were errors during the upgrade 
process.

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


** Tags: dist-upgrade

** Attachment added: "log files"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1162336/+attachment/3608754/+files/bug%20log%20files.zip

** Tags added: dist-upgrade

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Title:
  Fatal error in aborted upgrade

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

Bug description:
  I was upgrading acording the normal instructions, from ubuntu server
  10.4 lts to 12.4 lts. This is a VPS server hosted in Mochahost, with
  Plesk and a cgi called mapserver. Upgrade process marked a fatal
  error, that acording instructions need to be reported as a bug.

  My server is funtioning, all the sites are online, but Plesk and
  mapserver cgi has been erased. I hope these could help some how.

  These are the messages, and I attached the log files:

  ****************************************************
  Stopping some services possibly affected by the upgrade (will be restarted later):                                                       
    cron: stopping...done.

  WARNING: this version of the GNU libc requires kernel version
  2.6.24 or later. Please upgrade your kernel before installing
  glibc.

  The installation of a 2.6 kernel _could_ ask you to install a new libc
  first, this is NOT a bug, and should *NOT* be reported. In that case,
  please add lenny sources to your /etc/apt/sources.list and run:
    apt-get install -t lenny linux-image-2.6
  Then reboot into this new kernel, and proceed with your upgrade
  dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.15-0ubuntu10.3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                ERROR:root:got an error from dpkg for pkg: '/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.15-0ubuntu10.3_amd64.deb': 'subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1'
                                                                                                  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.15-0ubuntu10.3_amd64.deb
  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

  The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A 
  recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a). 

  Please report this bug in a browser at 
  http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+filebug and 
  attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ to the bug report. 
  installArchives() failed 

  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libnih-dbus1:
   libnih-dbus1 depends on libnih1 (= 1.0.3-4ubuntu9.1); however:
    Version of libnih1 on system is 1.0.1-1.
  dpkg: error processing libnih-dbus1 (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Setting up gcc-4.6-base (4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   libnih-dbus1

  Upgrade complete

  The upgrade has completed but there were errors during the upgrade 
  process.

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