[Bug 1512322] Re: Problem upgrading IBM owned system to 15.10

[Brian Murray]

This also happened to me when upgrading from 17.10 to 18.04 here's the
relevant bit of the upgrade log files:

main.log:
2018-01-05 15:22:34,603 DEBUG failed to SystemUnLock() (E:Not locked) 
2018-01-05 15:38:49,081 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'systemd': 'triggers looping, abandoned'
2018-01-05 15:38:49,081 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() systemd: triggers looping, abandoned
2018-01-05 15:40:02,214 ERROR Exception during pm.DoInstall()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-1fsoxbon/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeView.py", line 218, in run 
    res = pm.do_install(self.writefd)
apt_pkg.Error: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
2018-01-05 15:40:02,265 ERROR SystemError from cache.commit(): installArchives() failed
2018-01-05 15:40:02,265 ERROR found exception: 'E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly'

apt-term.log:
Setting up gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:amd64 (1.12.4-2ubuntu1) ...^M
dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:245: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.^M


** Tags added: bionic rls-bb-incoming

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Title:
  dpkg assert failure: dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:245: process_queue:

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I ran do-release-upgrade and had some problems with IBM specific
  packages. I then ran apt-get dist-upgrade and eventually got this
  error.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: dpkg 1.18.2ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-31.36-generic 3.19.8-ckt7
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-31-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  AssertionMessage: dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:245: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.
  Date: Mon Nov  2 11:22:52 2015
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/dpkg
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-15 (109 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
  Signal: 6
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  StacktraceTop:
   __assert_fail_base (fmt=0x7f74e0c4f028 "%s%s%s:%u: %s%sAssertion `%s' failed.\n%n", assertion=assertion at entry=0x432360 "dependtry <= 4", file=file at entry=0x4322ee "../../src/packages.c", line=line at entry=245, function=function at entry=0x432bd0 "process_queue") at assert.c:92
   __GI___assert_fail (assertion=0x432360 "dependtry <= 4", file=0x4322ee "../../src/packages.c", line=245, function=0x432bd0 "process_queue") at assert.c:101
   ?? ()
   ?? ()
   ?? ()
  Title: dpkg assert failure: dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:245: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-11-02 (0 days ago)
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