[Bug 1955701] Re: installer crashing wit "Could not restore packages from the previous install"

[Paul White]

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** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Summary changed:

- installer crashing wit "Could not restore packages from the previous install"
+ installer crashing with "Could not restore packages from the previous install"

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Title:
  installer crashing with "Could not restore packages from the previous
  install"

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  installer crashes nearly the end of fresh install of kubuntu 20.04 on lvm with luks.
  install kernel 5.11.0-27 on 20.04.3 LTS

  in syslog the following error messages appear:
  ==============================================
  in run /usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py: 
  #257 in "self.apt_clone_restore()"
  #1655 in apt_clone_restore "subprocess.check_call("

  in /usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py
  #364 in check_all raise CalledProcessError(retCode, cmd)

  with subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '[apt-clone', 'restore-new-distro', '/target/ubuquity-apt-clone/apt-clone-state-kubuntu.tar.gz', 'focal', '--destination', '/target'] returned non-zero exit status 1
  ==============================================

  similar error messages are already filed under the below listed bug
  reports, the main difference being the line numbers in
  plugininstall.py

  1. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1881829 
  in comment #2

  2. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1928748
  in https://launchpadlibrarian.net/539276481/UbiquitySyslog.txt

  3. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1936442
  in https://launchpadlibrarian.net/548660333/UbiquitySyslog.txt
  and in comment #2
  --- 
  ProblemType: Bug
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.445.1
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 20.04.3 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210819.1)
  Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.17
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=C.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-27.29~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22
  Tags:  focal ubiquity-20.04.15.17 kubuntu
  Uname: Linux 5.11.0-27-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: N/A
  _MarkForUpload: True
  --- 
  ProblemType: Bug
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.445.1
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
  Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.2
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
  Tags:  focal ubiquity-20.04.15.2 kubuntu
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: N/A
  _MarkForUpload: True

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