[Bug 1723198] Re: upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04 fails with: ca-certificates 20170717~16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned

[Eric Desrochers]

Output of "/var/log/dist-upgrade/screenlog.0"

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Preparing to unpack .../ca-certificates-java_20160321ubuntu1~16.04.1ppab2_all.deb ...^M
Unpacking ca-certificates-java (20160321ubuntu1~16.04.1ppab2) over (20130815ubuntu1) ...^M
dpkg: openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested:^M
 ca-certificates-java depends on openjdk-8-jre-headless | java7-runtime-headless; however:^M
  Package openjdk-8-jre-headless is not installed.^M
  Package java7-runtime-headless is not installed.^M
  Package openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64 which provides java7-runtime-headless is to be removed.^M
^M
(Reading database ... ^M(Reading database ... 5%^M(Reading database ... 10%^M(Reading database ... 15%^M(Reading database ... 20%^M(Reading database ... 25%^M(Reading database ... 30%^M(Reading database ... 35%^M(Reading database ... 40%^M(Reading database ... 45%^M(Reading database ... 50%^M(Reading database ... 55%^M(Reading database ... 60%^M(Reading database ... 65%^M(Reading database ... 70%^M(Reading database ... 75%^M(Reading database ... 80%^M(Reading database ... 85%^M(Reading database ... 90%^M(Reading database ... 95%^M(Reading database ... 100%^M(Reading database ... 53541 files and directories currently installed.)^M
Removing openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64 (7u151-2.6.11-2ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...^M
Removing tzdata-java (2017c-0ubuntu0.14.04) ...^M
(Reading database ... ^M(Reading database ... 5%^M(Reading database ... 10%^M(Reading database ... 15%^M(Reading database ... 20%^M(Reading database ... 25%^M(Reading database ... 30%^M(Reading database ... 35%^M(Reading database ... 40%^M(Reading database ... 45%^M(Reading database ... 50%^M(Reading database ... 55%^M(Reading database ... 60%^M(Reading database ... 65%^M(Reading database ... 70%^M(Reading database ... 75%^M(Reading database ... 80%^M(Reading database ... 85%^M(Reading database ... 90%^M(Reading database ... 95%^M(Reading database ... 100%^M(Reading database ... 52927 files and directories currently installed.)^M
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- Eric

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Title:
  upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04 fails with: ca-certificates
  20170717~16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping,
  abandoned

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in dpkg source package in Xenial:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  Test Case:
  1. Install Ubuntu server 14.04.5 + all the updates
  2. Install ca-certificates-java and man-db
  3. Reboot
  4. Upgrade to 16.04 LTS with do-release-upgrade and proceed with the upgrade

  Actual Result
  Upgrade fails with
  Removing ca-certificates-java (20130815ubuntu1) ...
  Removing openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64 (7u151-2.6.11-2ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
  dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers:
   chain of packages whose triggers are or may be responsible:
    man-db -> ca-certificates
   packages' pending triggers which are or may be unresolvable:
    ca-certificates: update-ca-certificates
    man-db: /usr/share/man
  dpkg: error processing package ca-certificates (--remove):
   triggers looping, abandoned



  
  I have no further information to give at this time except to say that there were several errors during the upgrade process from 14.04.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ca-certificates 20170717~16.04.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-97.120-generic 4.4.87
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-97-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Oct 12 17:52:19 2017
  ErrorMessage: triggers looping, abandoned
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-16 (1425 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
   apt  1.2.24
  SourcePackage: ca-certificates
  Title: package ca-certificates 20170717~16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-10-12 (0 days ago)

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