[Bug 1686117] [NEW] upgrade from Zesty to Artful fails

[Brian Murray]

Public bug reported:

I updated the meta-release-development file for Artful, tried to upgrade
to it and got this crash:

  $ do-release-upgrade -d
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [836 B]                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Get:2 Upgrade tool [1,289 kB]                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Fetched 1,290 kB in 6s (151 kB/s)                                                                                                                                                                                                             
authenticate 'artful.tar.gz' against 'artful.tar.gz.gpg' 
extracting 'artful.tar.gz'
[sudo] password for bdmurray: 
-L: logfile name can not start with "-" symbol

This'll need some investigation.

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


** Tags: artful rls-aa-incoming

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Tags added: artful rls-aa-incoming

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Title:
  upgrade from Zesty to Artful fails

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

Bug description:
  I updated the meta-release-development file for Artful, tried to
  upgrade to it and got this crash:

    $ do-release-upgrade -d
  Checking for a new Ubuntu release
  Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [836 B]                                                                                                                                                                                                          
  Get:2 Upgrade tool [1,289 kB]                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  Fetched 1,290 kB in 6s (151 kB/s)                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  authenticate 'artful.tar.gz' against 'artful.tar.gz.gpg' 
  extracting 'artful.tar.gz'
  [sudo] password for bdmurray: 
  -L: logfile name can not start with "-" symbol

  This'll need some investigation.

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