[Bug 1777167] [NEW] upgrade 16.04.4 -> 18.04 ended with errors (see .txt))

[Alexander Tokarev]

Public bug reported:

Hi,

tried to upgrade Ubuntu 16.04.4 to 18.04 on a VPS. There were errors:
"The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state."

Please see console output below and an archive with files from var/log
/dist-upgrades directory.

Hope this is a bug and it can be fixed,

Thank you,

Alexander

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last output from the console at the end of an unsuccessful upgrade
procedure:

…
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.27-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu10) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21.2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.27-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Exception during pm.DoInstall():  E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Could not install the upgrades

The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A
recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).

Please report this bug in a browser at
http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+filebug
and attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ to the bug report.
E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Setting up libkrb5support0:amd64 (1.16-2build1) ...
Setting up libcomerr2:amd64 (1.44.1-1) ...
Setting up libkeyutils1:amd64 (1.5.9-9.2ubuntu2) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of locales:
 locales depends on libc-bin (>> 2.27); however:
  Version of libc-bin on system is 2.23-0ubuntu10.

dpkg: error processing package locales (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of rpcbind:
 rpcbind depends on libtirpc1 (>= 0.2.5-1.2~); however:
  Version of libtirpc1:amd64 on system is 0.2.5-1.

dpkg: error processing package rpcbind (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libk5crypto3:amd64 (1.16-2build1) ...
Setting up libkrb5-3:amd64 (1.16-2build1) ...
Setting up libgssapi-krb5-2:amd64 (1.16-2build1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu10) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 locales
 rpcbind

Upgrade complete

The upgrade has completed but there were errors during the upgrade
process.

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

** Attachment added: "files from var/log/dist-upgrades directory"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1777167/+attachment/5153070/+files/dist-upgrade.zip

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Title:
  upgrade 16.04.4 -> 18.04 ended with errors (see .txt))

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

Bug description:
  Hi,

  tried to upgrade Ubuntu 16.04.4 to 18.04 on a VPS. There were errors:
  "The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state."

  Please see console output below and an archive with files from var/log
  /dist-upgrades directory.

  Hope this is a bug and it can be fixed,

  Thank you,

  Alexander

  --

  last output from the console at the end of an unsuccessful upgrade
  procedure:

  …
  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.27-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu10) ...
  Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21.2) ...
  Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.27-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
  Exception during pm.DoInstall():  E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  Could not install the upgrades

  The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A
  recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).

  Please report this bug in a browser at
  http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+filebug
  and attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ to the bug report.
  E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  Setting up libkrb5support0:amd64 (1.16-2build1) ...
  Setting up libcomerr2:amd64 (1.44.1-1) ...
  Setting up libkeyutils1:amd64 (1.5.9-9.2ubuntu2) ...
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of locales:
   locales depends on libc-bin (>> 2.27); however:
    Version of libc-bin on system is 2.23-0ubuntu10.

  dpkg: error processing package locales (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of rpcbind:
   rpcbind depends on libtirpc1 (>= 0.2.5-1.2~); however:
    Version of libtirpc1:amd64 on system is 0.2.5-1.

  dpkg: error processing package rpcbind (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Setting up libk5crypto3:amd64 (1.16-2build1) ...
  Setting up libkrb5-3:amd64 (1.16-2build1) ...
  Setting up libgssapi-krb5-2:amd64 (1.16-2build1) ...
  Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu10) ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   locales
   rpcbind

  Upgrade complete

  The upgrade has completed but there were errors during the upgrade
  process.

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