[Bug 1699492] [NEW] Previous upgrade failed, trying a partial upgrade to fix

[Mathew Garland]

Public bug reported:

A previous upgrade failed and has been lingering in apt-get, I finally
tried a partial upgrade and encountered a message that some packages
could not be installed

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.10.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-41.44-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-41-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
Date: Wed Jun 21 22:30:10 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-13 (951 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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


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

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Title:
  Previous upgrade failed, trying a partial upgrade to fix

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

Bug description:
  A previous upgrade failed and has been lingering in apt-get, I finally
  tried a partial upgrade and encountered a message that some packages
  could not be installed

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.10.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-41.44-generic 4.8.17
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-41-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
  Date: Wed Jun 21 22:30:10 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-13 (951 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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