[Bug 1288616] [NEW] No crash recovery / Can't run version upgrade stages manually

[Hadmut Danisch]

Public bug reported:

Hi,

I just tried to upgrade a machine (not the one I am writing this bug
report on, so the attached data collection is useless) from 12.04 to
14.04.

The machine crashed while configuring new packages. (I'm not sure about
the reason, but this machine has a problem that might be caused by the
12.04 kernel, which causes the machine to hang occasionally, that's why
I wanted to upgrade to 14.04 and thus a newer kernel.)

After rebooting the machine it was in a stage just in the middle of the
upgrade process. Although I could fix several things with a simple dpkg
--configure --pending, I was not able to complete the upgrade process
(e.g. cleanup).

There should be a way to manually recover from a crash and proceed with
the update stage by stage, i.e. to complete what still needs to be done.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.212
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-15.35-generic 3.13.5
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Thu Mar  6 09:44:51 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-29 (310 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130214)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-03-05 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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


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

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Title:
  No crash recovery / Can't run version upgrade stages manually

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

Bug description:
  Hi,

  I just tried to upgrade a machine (not the one I am writing this bug
  report on, so the attached data collection is useless) from 12.04 to
  14.04.

  The machine crashed while configuring new packages. (I'm not sure
  about the reason, but this machine has a problem that might be caused
  by the 12.04 kernel, which causes the machine to hang occasionally,
  that's why I wanted to upgrade to 14.04 and thus a newer kernel.)

  After rebooting the machine it was in a stage just in the middle of
  the upgrade process. Although I could fix several things with a simple
  dpkg --configure --pending, I was not able to complete the upgrade
  process (e.g. cleanup).

  There should be a way to manually recover from a crash and proceed
  with the update stage by stage, i.e. to complete what still needs to
  be done.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.212
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-15.35-generic 3.13.5
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Thu Mar  6 09:44:51 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-29 (310 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130214)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-03-05 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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