Utopic -> Vivid upgrade displays failure warning

[Erick Brunzell]

Just testing Ubuntu GNOME Utopic -> Vivid release upgrades and towards the end of the upgrade a failure warning is displayed:

Could not install the upgrades

The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).

The terminal displays this:

lance@lance-desktop:~$ update-manager -d -c
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
authenticate 'vivid.tar.gz' against 'vivid.tar.gz.gpg'
extracting 'vivid.tar.gz'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1122, in doDistUpgrade
    res = self.cache.commit(fprogress,iprogress)
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py", line 267, in commit
    apt.Cache.commit(self, fprogress, iprogress)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 505, in commit
    raise SystemError("installArchives() failed")
SystemError: installArchives() failed

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/vivid", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 239, in main
    if app.run():
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1812, in run
    return self.fullUpgrade()
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1777, in fullUpgrade
    if not self.doDistUpgrade():
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1166, in doDistUpgrade
    self._view.getTerminal().call(cmd)
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewGtk3.py", line 377, in call
    (success, pid) = self.term.spawn_sync(Vte.PtyFlags.DEFAULT,
AttributeError: 'Terminal' object has no attribute 'spawn_sync'
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 102, in apport_excepthook
    pr.add_proc_info(extraenv=['PYTHONPATH', 'PYTHONHOME'])
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 521, in add_proc_info
    raise ValueError('%s does not exist' % self['ExecutablePath'])
ValueError: /usr/bin/python3.4.dpkg-new (deleted) does not exist

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1122, in doDistUpgrade
    res = self.cache.commit(fprogress,iprogress)
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py", line 267, in commit
    apt.Cache.commit(self, fprogress, iprogress)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 505, in commit
    raise SystemError("installArchives() failed")
SystemError: installArchives() failed

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/vivid", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 239, in main
    if app.run():
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1812, in run
    return self.fullUpgrade()
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1777, in fullUpgrade
    if not self.doDistUpgrade():
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1166, in doDistUpgrade
    self._view.getTerminal().call(cmd)
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewGtk3.py", line 377, in call
    (success, pid) = self.term.spawn_sync(Vte.PtyFlags.DEFAULT,
AttributeError: 'Terminal' object has no attribute 'spawn_sync'

Upon reboot I notice that I am running the Vivid kernel but apparently some packages had failed to configure:

lance@lance-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libts-0.0-0 linux-headers-3.16.0-23 linux-headers-3.16.0-23-generic
  linux-image-3.16.0-23-generic linux-image-extra-3.16.0-23-generic tsconf
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up bash (4.3-11ubuntu2) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/bash.bashrc ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/share/man/man7/bash-builtins.7.gz to provide /usr/share/man/man7/builtins.7.gz (builtins.7.gz) in auto mode
Setting up bash-completion (1:2.1-4ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gdm (3.14.1-0ubuntu1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/gdm/Xsession ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/gdm ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init/gdm.conf ...
Setting up ubuntu-gnome-desktop (0.37) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-17) ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot

Now it's time to reboot again. I'm sure you'll need more info but I can't think what else to add right now.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:15.04.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.18.0-9.10-generic 3.18.2
Uname: Linux 3.18.0-9-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.15.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Wed Jan 21 09:30:34 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-22 (90 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release i386 (20141022.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-01-21 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1413270

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

This seems to be the root of the problem:

Processing triggers for install-info (5.2.0.dfsg.1-6) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for plymouth-theme-ubuntu-gnome-text:
 plymouth-theme-ubuntu-gnome-text depends on plymouth; however:
  Package plymouth is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package plymouth-theme-ubuntu-gnome-text (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for plymouth-theme-ubuntu-gnome-text:
 plymouth-theme-ubuntu-gnome-text depends on plymouth; however:
  Package plymouth is not configured yet.

[Erick Brunzell (lbsolost)]

Hi Brian,

I got busy and forgot to add a comment about follow up testing. About 20 hours after this initial test on i386 I performed a second test on the same hardware but with an amd64 OS and I got no such failure warning. So I just happened to think, is it possible that this could be arch specific?

[Christian Kirbach (christian-kirbach-e)]

This just happened to me on the amd64 architecture.
One package failed to upgrade (the package whoopsie).
This is the current python trace:

root@rivendell:/home/nazgul# update-manager -c -d
Neue Veröffentlichungen von Ubuntu werden gesucht
»vivid.tar.gz« wird gegenüber »vivid.tar.gz.gpg« legitimiert
»vivid.tar.gz« wird entpackt
No candidate ver: libharfbuzz0:i386
No candidate ver: librtmp0
No candidate ver: libharfbuzz0:i386
No candidate ver: librtmp0
No candidate ver: linux-image-3.16.0-23-generic
No candidate ver: linux-image-extra-3.16.0-23-generic
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-1wmkhnt8/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1137, in doDistUpgrade
    res = self.cache.commit(fprogress,iprogress)
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-1wmkhnt8/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py", line 267, in commit
    apt.Cache.commit(self, fprogress, iprogress)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 505, in commit
    raise SystemError("installArchives() failed")
SystemError: installArchives() failed

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-1wmkhnt8/vivid", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-1wmkhnt8/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 240, in main
    if app.run():
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-1wmkhnt8/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1831, in run
    return self.fullUpgrade()
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-1wmkhnt8/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1796, in fullUpgrade
    if not self.doDistUpgrade():
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-1wmkhnt8/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1182, in doDistUpgrade
    self._view.getTerminal().call(cmd)
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-1wmkhnt8/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewGtk3.py", line 377, in call
    (success, pid) = self.term.spawn_sync(Vte.PtyFlags.DEFAULT,
AttributeError: 'Terminal' object has no attribute 'spawn_sync'
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 102, in apport_excepthook
    pr.add_proc_info(extraenv=['PYTHONPATH', 'PYTHONHOME'])
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 521, in add_proc_info
    raise ValueError('%s does not exist' % self['ExecutablePath'])
ValueError: /usr/bin/python3.4 (deleted) does not exist

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-1wmkhnt8/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1137, in doDistUpgrade
    res = self.cache.commit(fprogress,iprogress)
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-1wmkhnt8/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py", line 267, in commit
    apt.Cache.commit(self, fprogress, iprogress)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 505, in commit
    raise SystemError("installArchives() failed")
SystemError: installArchives() failed

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-1wmkhnt8/vivid", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Erick Brunzell (lbsolost)]

I performed an Ubuntu GNOME amd64 Utopic -> Vivid upgrade test last night (20150222) and it worked flawlessly - no error warning at all. No doubt it was entirely different hardware (first UEFI capable mobo):

http://paste.ubuntu.com/10347173/

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

This particular part of the Traceback seems worth fixing:

  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1166, in doDistUpgrade
    self._view.getTerminal().call(cmd)
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4aooz0fb/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewGtk3.py", line 377, in call
    (success, pid) = self.term.spawn_sync(Vte.PtyFlags.DEFAULT,
AttributeError: 'Terminal' object has no attribute 'spawn_sync'

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Having said that this is the only incident of this crash I can find. I checked other u-r-u bugs and the Error Tracker.

[Erick Brunzell (lbsolost)]

I just performed both i386 and amd64 Utopic -> Vivid release upgrades for Ubuntu GNOME Vivid Beta 1 testing without any problem whatsoever. Could this have been a fluke? Maybe something transitional when we were preparing for Alpha 2?

I think it would be safe to consider it fixed since I've not been able to reproduce it.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

I think I was able to recreate this:

 $ ipython
Python 2.7.9 (default, Mar 9 2015, 23:17:55)
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

IPython 2.3.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
? -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
%quickref -> Quick reference.
help -> Python's own help system.
object? -> Details about 'object', use 'object??' for extra details.

In [1]: import gi

In [2]: gi.require_version("Vte", "2.90")

In [3]: from gi.repository import Vte

In [4]: term = Vte.Terminal.new()

In [5]: term.spawn_sync()
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
AttributeError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-5-a26cb7d7520c> in <module>()
----> 1 term.spawn_sync()

AttributeError: 'Terminal' object has no attribute 'spawn_sync'

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

In Vte 2.90 it was called fork_command_full and took one less argument than spawn_sync. :-(

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

This can also be observed in /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log:

VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.txt:2014-12-16 20:21:57,758 ERROR got error from PostInstallScript ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py ('Terminal' object has no attribute 'spawn_sync')

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-release-upgrader - 1:15.04.12

---------------
ubuntu-release-upgrader (1:15.04.12) vivid; urgency=medium

  * add more compatibility for vte 2.90 (and we need to keep that until
    16.04) (LP: #1413270)
 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:38:46 -0700