[Bug 1851475] [NEW] aborting without informative error message

Nico Schlömer nico.schloemer at gmail.com
Wed Nov 6 08:36:58 UTC 2019


Public bug reported:

I'm trying to upgrade from 19.10 to 20.04 (devel). Unfortunately, the do-release-upgrade process aborts after "Calculating the changes" without saying why:
```
sudo do-release-upgrade -d
```
```
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [1,554 B]                                                                                                                       
Get:2 Upgrade tool [1,334 kB]                                                                                                                                
Fetched 1,335 kB in 0s (0 B/s)                                                                                                                               
authenticate 'focal.tar.gz' against 'focal.tar.gz.gpg' 
extracting 'focal.tar.gz'

Reading cache

Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan InRelease                                                                                                       
Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates InRelease                                                                                               
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease                                                                                                   
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net/nschloe/inkscape-backports/ubuntu eoan InRelease                                                                                
Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-backports InRelease                                                                                             
Hit http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release                                                                                                     
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net/nschloe/mmg-test/ubuntu eoan InRelease                                                                                          
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net/nschloe/trilinos-backports/ubuntu eoan InRelease                                                                                
Ign https://dl.bintray.com/etcher/debian stable InRelease                                                                                                    
Get:1 https://dl.bintray.com/etcher/debian stable Release [3,674 B]                                                                                          
Fetched 3,674 B in 0s (0 B/s)                                                                                                                                
Reading package lists... Done    
Building dependency tree          
Reading state information... Done

Updating repository information

Third party sources disabled

Some third party entries in your sources.list were disabled. You can 
re-enable them after the upgrade with the 'software-properties' tool 
or your package manager. 

To continue please press [ENTER]

Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan InRelease                                                                                                       
Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates InRelease                                                                                               
Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-backports InRelease                                                                                             
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)                                                                                                                                    

Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done    
Building dependency tree          
Reading state information... Done

Calculating the changes

Calculating the changes

Restoring original system state

Aborting
Reading package lists... Done    
Building dependency tree          
Reading state information... Done
```

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

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Title:
  aborting without informative error message

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

Bug description:
  I'm trying to upgrade from 19.10 to 20.04 (devel). Unfortunately, the do-release-upgrade process aborts after "Calculating the changes" without saying why:
  ```
  sudo do-release-upgrade -d
  ```
  ```
  Checking for a new Ubuntu release
  Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [1,554 B]                                                                                                                       
  Get:2 Upgrade tool [1,334 kB]                                                                                                                                
  Fetched 1,335 kB in 0s (0 B/s)                                                                                                                               
  authenticate 'focal.tar.gz' against 'focal.tar.gz.gpg' 
  extracting 'focal.tar.gz'

  Reading cache

  Checking package manager
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree        
  Reading state information... Done
  Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan InRelease                                                                                                       
  Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates InRelease                                                                                               
  Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease                                                                                                   
  Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net/nschloe/inkscape-backports/ubuntu eoan InRelease                                                                                
  Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-backports InRelease                                                                                             
  Hit http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release                                                                                                     
  Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net/nschloe/mmg-test/ubuntu eoan InRelease                                                                                          
  Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net/nschloe/trilinos-backports/ubuntu eoan InRelease                                                                                
  Ign https://dl.bintray.com/etcher/debian stable InRelease                                                                                                    
  Get:1 https://dl.bintray.com/etcher/debian stable Release [3,674 B]                                                                                          
  Fetched 3,674 B in 0s (0 B/s)                                                                                                                                
  Reading package lists... Done    
  Building dependency tree          
  Reading state information... Done

  Updating repository information

  Third party sources disabled

  Some third party entries in your sources.list were disabled. You can 
  re-enable them after the upgrade with the 'software-properties' tool 
  or your package manager. 

  To continue please press [ENTER]

  Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan InRelease                                                                                                       
  Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates InRelease                                                                                               
  Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-backports InRelease                                                                                             
  Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)                                                                                                                                    

  Checking package manager
  Reading package lists... Done    
  Building dependency tree          
  Reading state information... Done

  Calculating the changes

  Calculating the changes

  Restoring original system state

  Aborting
  Reading package lists... Done    
  Building dependency tree          
  Reading state information... Done
  ```

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