[Bug 2150266] [NEW] 2026-04-24 21:22:06, 054 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.'

[Dilyan Stoynov]

Public bug reported:

I use Ubuntu 24.04 with cinnamon envoronment try upgrade to 26.04 and I
have a problem wti hthe following errors.

2026-04-24 21:21:22,168 ERROR failed to import AptClone
2026-04-24 21:22:06,054 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.'

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.28
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-22.22~24.04.1-generic 6.17.13
Uname: Linux 6.17.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
Date: Fri Apr 24 21:24:40 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-11-14 (161 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20250805.1)
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 noble on 2026-04-24 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeAptHistorylog:
 Start-Date: 2026-04-24  21:21:25
 Requested-By: dstoynov (1000)
 End-Date: 2026-04-24  21:21:25
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog:
 Log started: 2026-04-24  21:21:25
 Log ended: 2026-04-24  21:21:25

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade noble

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Title:
  2026-04-24 21:22:06,054 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'E:Error,
  pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by
  held packages.'

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

Bug description:
  I use Ubuntu 24.04 with cinnamon envoronment try upgrade to 26.04 and
  I have a problem wti hthe following errors.

  2026-04-24 21:21:22,168 ERROR failed to import AptClone
  2026-04-24 21:22:06,054 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.'

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.28
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-22.22~24.04.1-generic 6.17.13
  Uname: Linux 6.17.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
  Date: Fri Apr 24 21:24:40 2026
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-11-14 (161 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20250805.1)
  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 noble on 2026-04-24 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeAptHistorylog:
   Start-Date: 2026-04-24  21:21:25
   Requested-By: dstoynov (1000)
   End-Date: 2026-04-24  21:21:25
  VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog:
   Log started: 2026-04-24  21:21:25
   Log ended: 2026-04-24  21:21:25

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