[Bug 2106920] [NEW] Can not do "do-release-upgrade -d" due to phased updates

[Thomas Bechtold]

Public bug reported:

I wanted to do a release upgrade from noble to plucky with:

$ do-release-upgrade -d
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.


But I can't install any other updates because those are phased:

$ sudo apt update           
Hit:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-security InRelease                                              
Hit:3 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-updates InRelease                                             
Hit:4 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-backports InRelease        
Hit:5 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
4 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
[~]$ sudo apt dist-upgrade 
Not upgrading yet due to phasing:
  python3-software-properties  software-properties-common  software-properties-gtk

Not upgrading:
  libcanberra-pulse

Summary:
  Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 4
Notice: Some packages may have been kept back due to phasing.


So the only way would be to disable phased updates to actually do a release upgrade.
That seems to be more complicated than expected so I would assume that I can do a release upgrade if I have all updates  installed except the phased ones.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.10.13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-21.21-generic 6.11.11
Uname: Linux 6.11.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs
ApportVersion: 2.30.0-0ubuntu4.2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CrashDB: ubuntu
CrashReports: 644:0:115:0:2025-04-11 15:38:30.502936145 +0200:2025-04-07 21:45:00.277859876 +0200:/var/crash/kdump_lock
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Apr 11 15:40:11 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-05-10 (702 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" - Release amd64 (20230418)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oracular on 2024-10-07 (186 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeXorgFixuplog:
 INFO:root:/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade running
 INFO:root:No xorg.conf, exiting

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade oracular wayland-session

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Title:
  Can not do "do-release-upgrade -d" due to phased updates

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

Bug description:
  I wanted to do a release upgrade from noble to plucky with:

  $ do-release-upgrade -d
  Checking for a new Ubuntu release
  Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.


  But I can't install any other updates because those are phased:

  $ sudo apt update           
  Hit:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular InRelease
  Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-security InRelease                                              
  Hit:3 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-updates InRelease                                             
  Hit:4 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-backports InRelease        
  Hit:5 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
  4 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
  [~]$ sudo apt dist-upgrade 
  Not upgrading yet due to phasing:
    python3-software-properties  software-properties-common  software-properties-gtk

  Not upgrading:
    libcanberra-pulse

  Summary:
    Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 4
  Notice: Some packages may have been kept back due to phasing.


  
  So the only way would be to disable phased updates to actually do a release upgrade.
  That seems to be more complicated than expected so I would assume that I can do a release upgrade if I have all updates  installed except the phased ones.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.10.13
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-21.21-generic 6.11.11
  Uname: Linux 6.11.0-21-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs
  ApportVersion: 2.30.0-0ubuntu4.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CrashReports: 644:0:115:0:2025-04-11 15:38:30.502936145 +0200:2025-04-07 21:45:00.277859876 +0200:/var/crash/kdump_lock
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Apr 11 15:40:11 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-05-10 (702 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" - Release amd64 (20230418)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
   TERM=xterm-256color
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oracular on 2024-10-07 (186 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeXorgFixuplog:
   INFO:root:/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade running
   INFO:root:No xorg.conf, exiting

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