[Bug 1388639] [NEW] do-release-upgrade to 14.10 fails

[Kevin Cole]

Public bug reported:

Initially, I had third party packages.  I purged them, removed
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/*, and even purged the system of the community-
supported apps.  Now the only packages on the system are officially
supported ones.

Occasionally, I got errors about a 0xA0 Unicode decode error, which I
eventually tracked to a completely messed up  /var/lib/update-manager
/meta-release which was an HTML file.  I deleted it and let the system
recreate it on a further run of do-release-upgrade.  The new version
appears to be good.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release:	14.04

$ apt-cache policy ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:
  Installed: 1:0.220.5
  Candidate: 1:0.220.5
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.220.5 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:0.220.2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.220.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-39.66-generic 3.13.11.8
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Sun Nov  2 17:24:50 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-25 (1104 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-11-02 (0 days ago)
mtime.conffile..etc.update.manager.release.upgrades: 2014-11-02T12:49:47.454560

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


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

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Title:
  do-release-upgrade to 14.10 fails

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

Bug description:
  Initially, I had third party packages.  I purged them, removed
  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*, and even purged the system of the
  community-supported apps.  Now the only packages on the system are
  officially supported ones.

  Occasionally, I got errors about a 0xA0 Unicode decode error, which I
  eventually tracked to a completely messed up  /var/lib/update-manager
  /meta-release which was an HTML file.  I deleted it and let the system
  recreate it on a further run of do-release-upgrade.  The new version
  appears to be good.

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
  Release:	14.04

  $ apt-cache policy ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
  ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:
    Installed: 1:0.220.5
    Candidate: 1:0.220.5
    Version table:
   *** 1:0.220.5 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       1:0.220.2 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.220.5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-39.66-generic 3.13.11.8
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Sun Nov  2 17:24:50 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-25 (1104 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-11-02 (0 days ago)
  mtime.conffile..etc.update.manager.release.upgrades: 2014-11-02T12:49:47.454560

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