[Bug 2125602] [NEW] do-release-upgrade: Foreign Packages Installed

Osama Albahrani 2125602 at bugs.launchpad.net
Wed Sep 24 16:51:55 UTC 2025 

Public bug reported:

Upon running `sudo do-release-upgrade -d` (after`sudo apt update` and
`sudo apt upgrade`) in in a fresh install of Ubuntu 25.04 ARM in UTM (VM
software), keeping all defaults, I got the following output:

```
Foreign Packages Installed

The following unofficial packages are currently installed:

gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1Installed from: unknown origin
gir1.2-webkit2-4.1.......Installed from: unknown origin
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0Installed from: unknown origin
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1Installed from: unknown origin
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0......Installed from: unknown origin
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4.......Installed from: unknown origin

It is recommended to install supported versions from the Ubuntu
archive, and try the upgrade again.

Do you want to continue the upgrade anyways?

Continue [yN]
```

System info:

```
$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 25.04
Release:	25.04
```

Package version:
```
$ apt-cache policy ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:
  Installed: 1:25.04.18
  Candidate: 1:25.04.18
  Version table:
 *** 1:25.04.18 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports plucky-updates/main arm64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:25.04.14 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports plucky/main arm64 Packages
```

Originally reported in https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/do-release-
upgrade-why-do-i-have-foreign-packages-installed/68008

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:25.04.18
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-32.32-generic 6.14.11
Uname: Linux 6.14.0-32-generic aarch64
ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3
Architecture: arm64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CrashDB: ubuntu
CrashReports: 644:0:109:0:2025-09-24 19:40:54.805948583 +0300:2025-09-24 19:34:02.874291583 +0300:/var/crash/kdump_lock
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Sep 24 19:44:22 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-09-24 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Release arm64 (20250415.3)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to plucky on 2025-09-24 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog:
 Log time: 2025-09-24 19:43:20.961299
 Log time: 2025-09-24 19:43:22.048311
 Log time: 2025-09-24 19:43:43.275762
 Log time: 2025-09-24 19:44:07.623347

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


** Tags: apport-bug arm64 dist-upgrade plucky wayland-session

** Description changed:

- Upon running `sudo do-release-upgrade -d` in in a fresh install of
- Ubuntu 25.04 ARM in UTM (VM software), keeping all defaults, `sudo apt
- upgrade` and rebooting, I got the following output:
+ Upon running `sudo do-release-upgrade -d` (after`sudo apt update` and
+ `sudo apt upgrade`) in in a fresh install of Ubuntu 25.04 ARM in UTM (VM
+ software), keeping all defaults, I got the following output:
  
  ```
- Foreign Packages Installed 
+ Foreign Packages Installed
  
  The following unofficial packages are currently installed:
  
- gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1Installed from: unknown origin 
- gir1.2-webkit2-4.1.......Installed from: unknown origin 
- libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0Installed from: unknown origin 
- libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1Installed from: unknown origin 
- libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0......Installed from: unknown origin 
- libwebkitgtk-6.0-4.......Installed from: unknown origin 
+ gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1Installed from: unknown origin
+ gir1.2-webkit2-4.1.......Installed from: unknown origin
+ libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0Installed from: unknown origin
+ libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1Installed from: unknown origin
+ libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0......Installed from: unknown origin
+ libwebkitgtk-6.0-4.......Installed from: unknown origin
  
- 
- It is recommended to install supported versions from the Ubuntu 
- archive, and try the upgrade again. 
+ It is recommended to install supported versions from the Ubuntu
+ archive, and try the upgrade again.
  
  Do you want to continue the upgrade anyways?
  
- Continue [yN] 
+ Continue [yN]
  ```
  
  System info:
  
  ```
  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 25.04
  Release:	25.04
  ```
  
  Package version:
  ```
  $ apt-cache policy ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
  ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:
-   Installed: 1:25.04.18
-   Candidate: 1:25.04.18
-   Version table:
-  *** 1:25.04.18 500
-         500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports plucky-updates/main arm64 Packages
-         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
-      1:25.04.14 500
-         500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports plucky/main arm64 Packages
+   Installed: 1:25.04.18
+   Candidate: 1:25.04.18
+   Version table:
+  *** 1:25.04.18 500
+         500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports plucky-updates/main arm64 Packages
+         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
+      1:25.04.14 500
+         500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports plucky/main arm64 Packages
  ```
  
  Originally reported in https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/do-release-
  upgrade-why-do-i-have-foreign-packages-installed/68008
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:25.04.18
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-32.32-generic 6.14.11
  Uname: Linux 6.14.0-32-generic aarch64
  ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3
  Architecture: arm64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CrashReports: 644:0:109:0:2025-09-24 19:40:54.805948583 +0300:2025-09-24 19:34:02.874291583 +0300:/var/crash/kdump_lock
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed Sep 24 19:44:22 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-09-24 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Release arm64 (20250415.3)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
-  TERM=xterm-256color
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  TERM=xterm-256color
+  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to plucky on 2025-09-24 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeAptlog:
-  Log time: 2025-09-24 19:43:20.961299
-  Log time: 2025-09-24 19:43:22.048311
-  Log time: 2025-09-24 19:43:43.275762
-  Log time: 2025-09-24 19:44:07.623347
+  Log time: 2025-09-24 19:43:20.961299
+  Log time: 2025-09-24 19:43:22.048311
+  Log time: 2025-09-24 19:43:43.275762
+  Log time: 2025-09-24 19:44:07.623347

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Title:
  do-release-upgrade: Foreign Packages Installed

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

Bug description:
  Upon running `sudo do-release-upgrade -d` (after`sudo apt update` and
  `sudo apt upgrade`) in in a fresh install of Ubuntu 25.04 ARM in UTM
  (VM software), keeping all defaults, I got the following output:

  ```
  Foreign Packages Installed

  The following unofficial packages are currently installed:

  gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1Installed from: unknown origin
  gir1.2-webkit2-4.1.......Installed from: unknown origin
  libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0Installed from: unknown origin
  libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1Installed from: unknown origin
  libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0......Installed from: unknown origin
  libwebkitgtk-6.0-4.......Installed from: unknown origin

  It is recommended to install supported versions from the Ubuntu
  archive, and try the upgrade again.

  Do you want to continue the upgrade anyways?

  Continue [yN]
  ```

  System info:

  ```
  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 25.04
  Release:	25.04
  ```

  Package version:
  ```
  $ apt-cache policy ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
  ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:
    Installed: 1:25.04.18
    Candidate: 1:25.04.18
    Version table:
   *** 1:25.04.18 500
          500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports plucky-updates/main arm64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       1:25.04.14 500
          500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports plucky/main arm64 Packages
  ```

  Originally reported in https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/do-release-
  upgrade-why-do-i-have-foreign-packages-installed/68008

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:25.04.18
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-32.32-generic 6.14.11
  Uname: Linux 6.14.0-32-generic aarch64
  ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3
  Architecture: arm64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CrashReports: 644:0:109:0:2025-09-24 19:40:54.805948583 +0300:2025-09-24 19:34:02.874291583 +0300:/var/crash/kdump_lock
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed Sep 24 19:44:22 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-09-24 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Release arm64 (20250415.3)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm-256color
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to plucky on 2025-09-24 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeAptlog:
   Log time: 2025-09-24 19:43:20.961299
   Log time: 2025-09-24 19:43:22.048311
   Log time: 2025-09-24 19:43:43.275762
   Log time: 2025-09-24 19:44:07.623347

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