[Bug 2084268] Re: Upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 gives error: The package "'ubuntu-minimal' is marked for removal but it is in the removal deny list."

[chris.rapson]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1980574 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1980574

Update II: I'm now seeing the same as this person
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1492195/upgrade-to-ubuntu-23-10-fails-cant-mark-ubuntu-desktop-for-upgrade

i.e. 
`var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log`
```
WARNING Can't mark 'ubuntu-desktop' for upgrade (E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.)
```

`/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log`
```
  MarkInstall ubuntu-desktop-minimal:amd64 < 1.481.4 -> 1.539.1 @ii umU Ib > FU=0
1429     ubuntu-desktop-minimal:amd64 Depends on gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-tiling-assistant:amd64 < none @un H > can't be satisfied!      (dep)
```

But... apt doesn't report any broken packages, and trying to install the missing dependency says:
`E: Unable to locate package gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-tiling-assistant`

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Title:
  Upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 gives error: The package "'ubuntu-minimal' is
  marked for removal but it is in the removal deny list."

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

Bug description:
  Full error message:

  Could not calculate the upgrade

  An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

   The package 'ubuntu-minimal' is marked for removal but it is in the
  removal deny list.

  If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the command
  'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. If you want
  to investigate this yourself the log files in '/var/log/dist-upgrade'
  will contain details about the upgrade. Specifically, look at
  'main.log' and 'apt.log'.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:23.10.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-44.44-generic 6.5.13
  Uname: Linux 6.5.0-44-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Oct 11 17:26:54 2024
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-10 (946 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20220223)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to mantic on 2024-10-11 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeAptHistorylog:
   Start-Date: 2024-10-11  17:18:43
   Requested-By: daniel (1000)
   End-Date: 2024-10-11  17:18:44
  VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog:
   Log started: 2024-10-11  17:18:43
   Log ended: 2024-10-11  17:18:44
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:
   
  mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2023-08-30T12:29:14.275646

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