[Bug 2150583] [NEW] do-release-upgrade fails

[roberto]

Public bug reported:

I'm trying to upgrade from 24.04 to 26.04 since April 23 but

$ do-release-upgrade -d

always fails after found third parts packages installed:

Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done    
Building dependency tree... Done 
Reading state information... Done

Foreign Packages Installed

The following unofficial packages are currently installed:

gparted..................Installed from: LP-PPA-xtradeb-apps 
gparted-common...........Installed from: LP-PPA-xtradeb-apps 
lynis....................Installed from: CISOfy 
syncthing................Installed from: Syncthing 


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] y

Calculating the changes

Calculating the changes

Could not calculate the upgrade

An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

This may be caused by unofficial packages installed on the system. 
Please try replacing the following packages with official versions 
from the Ubuntu archive, and then try the upgrade again. 

gparted 
gparted-common 
lynis 
syncthing 


Restoring original system state

Aborting
Reading package lists... Done    
Building dependency tree... Done 
Reading state information... Done

****************************************************************************


~$ lsb_release -rd
No LSB modules are available.
Description:	Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Release:	24.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.28
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-1052.56-raspi 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-1052-raspi aarch64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: arm64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CloudArchitecture: aarch64
CloudID: nocloud
CloudName: unknown
CloudPlatform: nocloud
CloudSubPlatform: config-disk (/dev/mmcblk0p1)
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Tue Apr 28 23:09:06 2026
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=C.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2026-04-28 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log'
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log'

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


** Tags: apport-bug arm64 dist-upgrade do-release-upgrade noble

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Title:
  do-release-upgrade fails

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

Bug description:
  I'm trying to upgrade from 24.04 to 26.04 since April 23 but

  $ do-release-upgrade -d

  always fails after found third parts packages installed:

  Checking package manager
  Reading package lists... Done    
  Building dependency tree... Done 
  Reading state information... Done

  Foreign Packages Installed

  The following unofficial packages are currently installed:

  gparted..................Installed from: LP-PPA-xtradeb-apps 
  gparted-common...........Installed from: LP-PPA-xtradeb-apps 
  lynis....................Installed from: CISOfy 
  syncthing................Installed from: Syncthing 

  
  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] y

  Calculating the changes

  Calculating the changes

  Could not calculate the upgrade

  An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

  This may be caused by unofficial packages installed on the system. 
  Please try replacing the following packages with official versions 
  from the Ubuntu archive, and then try the upgrade again. 

  gparted 
  gparted-common 
  lynis 
  syncthing 

  
  Restoring original system state

  Aborting
  Reading package lists... Done    
  Building dependency tree... Done 
  Reading state information... Done

  ****************************************************************************

  
  ~$ lsb_release -rd
  No LSB modules are available.
  Description:	Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
  Release:	24.04

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.28
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-1052.56-raspi 6.8.12
  Uname: Linux 6.8.0-1052-raspi aarch64
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
  Architecture: arm64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CloudArchitecture: aarch64
  CloudID: nocloud
  CloudName: unknown
  CloudPlatform: nocloud
  CloudSubPlatform: config-disk (/dev/mmcblk0p1)
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Tue Apr 28 23:09:06 2026
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=C.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm-256color
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: release-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2026-04-28 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeAptlog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log'
  VarLogDistupgradeMainlog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log'

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