[Bug 1313425] [NEW] Cannot upgrade from Xubuntu 12.10 to any version with do-release-upgrade.

[Damien Boyd]

Public bug reported:

1)~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 12.10
Release:	12.10
Codename:	quantal

2)apt-cache policy ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:
  Installed: 1:0.190.8
  Candidate: 1:0.190.8
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.190.8 0
        500 http://ubuntu.wikimedia.org/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:0.190.7 0
        500 http://ubuntu.wikimedia.org/ubuntu/ quantal-security/main amd64 Packages
     1:0.190.1 0
        500 http://ubuntu.wikimedia.org/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages

3)Provide upgrade options 13.10, 14.04

4)\\TERMINAL OUTPUT\\

Fetched 27.9 MB in 6s (2,281 kB/s)

Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done

Calculating the changes

Calculating the changes

Could not calculate the upgrade

An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

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.


Restoring original system state

Aborting
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
=== Command detached from window (Sun Apr 27 15:29:21 2014) ===
=== Command terminated with exit status 1 (Sun Apr 27 15:29:21 2014) ===

\\end terminal output\\


Removed ALL 3rd party applications from software sources, 1st try
Removed ALL selections other than main software, 2nd try
Removed ALL 3rd party software with "apt-get remove --purge", 3rd try.  Will not upgrade to Saucy, will not provide 14.04.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.190.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-7.15-generic 3.7.0
Uname: Linux 3.7.0-7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 27 15:29:59 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-20 (96 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2014-04-27 (0 days ago)

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade quantal

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Title:
  Cannot upgrade from Xubuntu 12.10 to any version with do-release-
  upgrade.

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

Bug description:
  1)~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
  Description:	Ubuntu 12.10
  Release:	12.10
  Codename:	quantal

  2)apt-cache policy ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
  ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:
    Installed: 1:0.190.8
    Candidate: 1:0.190.8
    Version table:
   *** 1:0.190.8 0
          500 http://ubuntu.wikimedia.org/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       1:0.190.7 0
          500 http://ubuntu.wikimedia.org/ubuntu/ quantal-security/main amd64 Packages
       1:0.190.1 0
          500 http://ubuntu.wikimedia.org/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages

  3)Provide upgrade options 13.10, 14.04

  4)\\TERMINAL OUTPUT\\

  Fetched 27.9 MB in 6s (2,281 kB/s)

  Checking package manager
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  Building data structures... Done

  Calculating the changes

  Calculating the changes

  Could not calculate the upgrade

  An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

  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.

  
  Restoring original system state

  Aborting
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  Building data structures... Done
  === Command detached from window (Sun Apr 27 15:29:21 2014) ===
  === Command terminated with exit status 1 (Sun Apr 27 15:29:21 2014) ===

  \\end terminal output\\

  
  Removed ALL 3rd party applications from software sources, 1st try
  Removed ALL selections other than main software, 2nd try
  Removed ALL 3rd party software with "apt-get remove --purge", 3rd try.  Will not upgrade to Saucy, will not provide 14.04.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.190.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-7.15-generic 3.7.0
  Uname: Linux 3.7.0-7-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu13
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Apr 27 15:29:59 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-20 (96 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2014-04-27 (0 days ago)

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