[Bug 2103544] Re: do-release-upgrade fails trying to remove kubuntu-desktop which is in removal deny list

[Rik Mills]

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Title:
  do-release-upgrade fails trying to remove kubuntu-desktop which is in
  removal deny list

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

Bug description:
  I'm upgrading my system from 22.04 using do-release-upgrade. I
  expected to be able to update my Kubuntu system with the upgrader.

  The process fails at this stage:

  "An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade. "

  "The package 'kubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it is in the 
  removal deny list."

  I don't know how to resolve this and would greatly appreciate some
  help.

  Here is some system information:

  > lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
  Release:        22.04

  
  > apt-cache policy kubuntu-desktop
  kubuntu-desktop:
    Installed: 1.418.1
    Candidate: 1.418.1
    Version table:
   *** 1.418.1 100
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:22.04.20
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-1007.7-oem 6.5.3
  Uname: Linux 6.5.0-1007-oem x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.6
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Tue Mar 18 14:43:05 2025
  DistributionChannelDescriptor:
   # This is the distribution channel descriptor for the OEM CDs
   # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
   canonical-oem-somerville-focal-amd64-20200502-85+fossa-pidgey+X90.1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-01-25 (782 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20200502-05:58
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2025-03-18 (0 days ago)

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