[Bug 1953524] Re: Upgrade 20.04 to 21.04

[Brian Murray]

Here's some evidence for the historical document.

bdmurray at clean-focal-amd64:~$ grep -C3 "npm_\|node-gyp_" /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-term.log
Unpacking node-isexe (2.0.0-5) over (2.0.0-4) ...
Preparing to unpack .../479-node-which_2.0.2+~cs1.3.2-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking node-which (2.0.2+~cs1.3.2-1) over (2.0.2-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../480-node-gyp_7.1.2-4_all.deb ...
Unpacking node-gyp (7.1.2-4) over (6.1.0-3) ...
Preparing to unpack .../481-node-har-schema_2.0.0-4_all.deb ...
Unpacking node-har-schema (2.0.0-4) over (2.0.0-3) ...
--
Unpacking node-uuid (8.3.2+~8.3.0-4) over (3.3.2-2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../528-node-write-file-atomic_3.0.3+~3.0.1-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking node-write-file-atomic (3.0.3+~3.0.1-1) over (3.0.3-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../529-npm_7.5.2+ds-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking npm (7.5.2+ds-1) over (6.14.4+ds-1ubuntu2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../530-node-cacache_15.0.5+~cs13.9.21-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking node-cacache (15.0.5+~cs13.9.21-1) over (11.3.3-2) ...


** Summary changed:

- Upgrade 20.04 to 21.04
+ Upgrade 20.04 to 21.04 due to an npm permissions issue

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Title:
  Upgrade 20.04 to 21.04 due to an npm permissions issue

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

Bug description:
  I ran the installation to upgrade using https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ImpishUpgrades 
  section:- Upgrading Ubuntu Desktops to 21.10
  but got the following message:
  The upgrade will continue but the '/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-ZM0HnK/0993-npm_7.5.2+ds-1_all.deb' package may not be in a working state. Please consider submitting a bug report about it.

  Now I cant upgrade using the software updater I get the following error
  The package system is broken
  If you are using third party repositories then disable them, since they are a common source of problems.
  Now run the following command in a terminal: apt-get install -f
  Transaction failed: The package system is broken
   The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  node-mkdirp:
  --- 
  ProblemType: Bug
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  DistributionChannelDescriptor:
   # This is a distribution channel descriptor
   # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
   canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-20160624-2
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-12 (1486 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20160624-10:47
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-91.102-generic 5.4.151
  RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
  Tags:  hirsute dist-upgrade
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-91-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dip docker lpadmin plugdev pulse pulse-access root sambashare sudo video wireshark
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:
   
  _MarkForUpload: True

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