[Bug 1877058] [NEW] Release upgrade fails when snapd is not running

[Ferdi]

Public bug reported:

I do not have snapd running on my Ubuntu desktop. (I have no snaps in use so i don't see the point of running a daemon for them)
When upgrading from 19.10 to 20.04 the upgrade fails with an abort message and restores the previous version.

This happens when snapd is not running on Ubuntu desktop.
There should at least be a notification that snapd is required to be running in order to do the upgrade, or it should be mentioned in the abort message.

It took me a long time to figure out why the upgrade failed.

After enabling snapd with systemctl run snapd, the upgrade from 19.10 to
20.04 was performed normally.

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

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to ubuntu-release-upgrader in
Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1877058

Title:
  Release upgrade fails when snapd is not running

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

Bug description:
  I do not have snapd running on my Ubuntu desktop. (I have no snaps in use so i don't see the point of running a daemon for them)
  When upgrading from 19.10 to 20.04 the upgrade fails with an abort message and restores the previous version.

  This happens when snapd is not running on Ubuntu desktop.
  There should at least be a notification that snapd is required to be running in order to do the upgrade, or it should be mentioned in the abort message.

  It took me a long time to figure out why the upgrade failed.

  After enabling snapd with systemctl run snapd, the upgrade from 19.10
  to 20.04 was performed normally.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1877058/+subscriptions