[Bug 2106202] Re: Kubuntu 24.10 do-release-upgrade and Valve's Steam install produces not booting desktop

[Rik Mills]

Rolling back that machine to the fully updated state with the valve
steam package installed as before and doing do-release-upgrade, results
in the removal of the kubuntu-desktop meta package and large parts of
the plasma desktop and other packages.

Notable is the fact the info give to the user on what packages will be
removed by do-release-upgrade looks sensible (13 packages that I would
expect) and does not contain kubuntu-desktop and other packages. It is
only when the upgrade is actually performed that the erroneous removals
occur.

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

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Title:
  Kubuntu 24.10 do-release-upgrade  and  Valve's Steam install produces
  not booting desktop

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

Bug description:
  1. Using a clean and upgraded install of Kubuntu 24.10, install
  Valve's Steam from the webesite: https://store.steampowered.com/about/

  2. perform do-release-upgrade

  3. Note that the "Searching for software" step will be extremely slow
  (taking 1 to 1.5 hours in some tests).

  4. When the install complete but before rebooting, check the status of
  the kununtu-desktop package and note that it is not installed.  If
  system is restarted, it will not boot. Installing kubuntu-desktop
  prior to rebooting will allow proper rebooting.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:25.04.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-13.13-generic 6.14.0
  Uname: Linux 6.14.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CrashReports:
   640:1000:110:175125496:2025-03-29 12:39:16.258547358 -0600:2025-03-29 12:38:59.705217907 -0600:/var/crash/_usr_bin_plasmashell.1000.crash
   640:1000:110:4231423:2025-03-30 12:15:26.452457354 -0600:2025-03-30 12:15:25.246440280 -0600:/var/crash/_usr_libexec_ibus-ui-gtk3.1000.crash
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Thu Apr  3 21:06:53 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-03-29 (5 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Beta amd64 (20250324.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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