While upgrading to 24.04 I got:'E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)'

[Richard Henschel]

Probably an issue with libc causes ls and tar to core dump when run, so don't know how I can get you files as requested.

root@multivac:~# cd /var/log/dist-upgrade/
root@multivac:/var/log/dist-upgrade# ls -latr
total 1532
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
root@multivac:/var/log# tar -cvzpf /tmp/dist-upgrade.tar.gz ./dist-upgrade
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Here is a list of terminal output. It occurred very early in upgrade:

Upgrading
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
   Upgrading: libc6-dev:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 | 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umH Ib > due to libc6-dev:amd64 Depends on libc6:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 -> 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umU Ib > (= 2.38-1ubuntu6.2)
   Upgrading: libc6-dbg:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 | 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umH Ib > due to libc6-dbg:amd64 Depends on libc6:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 -> 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umU Ib > (= 2.38-1ubuntu6.2)
   Upgrading: libc-dev-bin:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 | 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umH Ib > due to libc-dev-bin:amd64 Depends on libc6:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 -> 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umU Ib > (< 2.39)
   Upgrading: libc-bin:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 | 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umH Ib > due to libc-bin:amd64 Depends on libc6:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 -> 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umU Ib > (< 2.39)
  MarkInstall libc6:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 -> 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umU Ib > FU=1
  Upgrading glibc-source:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 | 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umH > due to libc6:amd64
  Upgrading libc6-dev-amd64:i386 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 | 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umH NPb IPb > due to libc6:amd64
  Upgrading libc6-dev:i386 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 | 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umH > due to libc6:amd64
  Upgrading libc6-amd64:i386 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 | 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umH > due to libc6:amd64
  Upgrading libc6:i386 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 | 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umH Ib > due to libc6:amd64
  Upgrading locales:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 | 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umH > due to libc6:amd64
  Upgrading libc6-dev:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 | 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umH Ib > due to libc6:amd64
  Upgrading libc6-dbg:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 | 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umH Ib > due to libc6:amd64
  Upgrading libc-devtools:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 | 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umH > due to libc6:amd64
  Upgrading libc-dev-bin:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 | 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umH Ib > due to libc6:amd64
  Upgrading libc-bin:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 | 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umH Ib > due to libc6:amd64
  Upgrading glibc-doc:amd64 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 | 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umH > due to libc6:amd64
    MarkInstall libc6-dev-amd64:i386 < 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 -> 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 @ii umU NPb IPb > FU=0
    ignore old unsatisfied important dependency on gcc-multilib:i386

Upgrading
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Preconfiguring packages ...
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 774707 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../00-libc6-dev-amd64_2.39-0ubuntu8.1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking libc6-dev-amd64:i386 (2.39-0ubuntu8.1) over (2.38-1ubuntu6.2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../01-libc6-dev_2.39-0ubuntu8.1_i386.deb ...
De-configuring libc6-dev:amd64 (2.38-1ubuntu6.2), to allow configuration of libc6-dev:i386 (2.39-0ubuntu8.1) ...

Progress: [ 5%]
Unpacking libc6-dev:i386 (2.39-0ubuntu8.1) over (2.38-1ubuntu6.2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../02-libc6-dev_2.39-0ubuntu8.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libc6-dev:amd64 (2.39-0ubuntu8.1) over (2.38-1ubuntu6.2) ...

Progress: [ 11%]
Preparing to unpack .../03-libc-devtools_2.39-0ubuntu8.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libc-devtools (2.39-0ubuntu8.1) over (2.38-1ubuntu6.2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../04-libc-dev-bin_2.39-0ubuntu8.1_amd64.deb ...

Progress: [ 16%]
Unpacking libc-dev-bin (2.39-0ubuntu8.1) over (2.38-1ubuntu6.2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../05-libc6-amd64_2.39-0ubuntu8.1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking libc6-amd64:i386 (2.39-0ubuntu8.1) over (2.38-1ubuntu6.2) ...

Progress: [ 22%]
dpkg-deb: error: tar subprocess was killed by signal (Segmentation fault), core dumped
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-4QyvEU/06-libc6-dbg_2.39-0ubuntu8.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
dpkg-deb: error: tar subprocess was killed by signal (Segmentation fault), core dumped
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-4QyvEU/07-locales_2.39-0ubuntu8.1_all.deb (--unpack):
 dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
dpkg-deb: error: tar subprocess was killed by signal (Segmentation fault), core dumped
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-4QyvEU/08-libc6_2.39-0ubuntu8.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
dpkg-deb: error: tar subprocess was killed by signal (Segmentation fault), core dumped
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-4QyvEU/09-libc6_2.39-0ubuntu8.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg-deb: error: tar subprocess was killed by signal (Segmentation fault), core dumped
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-4QyvEU/10-libc-bin_2.39-0ubuntu8.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encountered while processing:
 /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-4QyvEU/06-libc6-dbg_2.39-0ubuntu8.1_amd64.deb
 /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-4QyvEU/07-locales_2.39-0ubuntu8.1_all.deb
 /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-4QyvEU/08-libc6_2.39-0ubuntu8.1_amd64.deb
 /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-4QyvEU/09-libc6_2.39-0ubuntu8.1_i386.deb
 /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-4QyvEU/10-libc-bin_2.39-0ubuntu8.1_amd64.deb

(gdbus call:461763): GLib-ERROR **: 21:37:07.921: file ../../../glib/gthread-posix.c: line 1311 (g_system_thread_new): error 'Invalid argument' during 'pthread_create'
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
libdvd-pkg: Package libdvdcss2-1.4.3-1 was removed, stop processing...

(gdbus call:461792): GLib-ERROR **: 21:37:07.945: file ../../../glib/gthread-posix.c: line 1311 (g_system_thread_new): error 'Invalid argument' during 'pthread_create'
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
libdvd-pkg: Package libdvdcss2-1.4.3-1 was removed, stop processing...

(gdbus call:461821): GLib-ERROR **: 21:37:07.970: file ../../../glib/gthread-posix.c: line 1311 (g_system_thread_new): error 'Invalid argument' during 'pthread_create'
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
libdvd-pkg: Package libdvdcss2-1.4.3-1 was removed, stop processing...
Exception during pm.DoInstall(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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).

Please report this bug in a browser at
http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+filebug
and attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ to the bug report.
E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-dev:amd64:
 libc6-dev:amd64 depends on libc6 (= 2.39-0ubuntu8.1); however:
  Version of libc6:amd64 on system is 2.38-1ubuntu6.2.

dpkg: error processing package libc6-dev:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-dev:i386:
 libc6-dev:i386 depends on libc6 (= 2.39-0ubuntu8.1); however:
  Version of libc6:i386 on system is 2.38-1ubuntu6.2.

dpkg: error processing package libc6-dev:i386 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-amd64:i386:
 libc6-amd64:i386 depends on libc6 (= 2.39-0ubuntu8.1); however:
  Version of libc6:i386 on system is 2.38-1ubuntu6.2.

dpkg: error processing package libc6-amd64:i386 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc-dev-bin:
 libc-dev-bin depends on libc6 (>> 2.39); however:
  Version of libc6:amd64 on system is 2.38-1ubuntu6.2.

dpkg: error processing package libc-dev-bin (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up libc-devtools (2.39-0ubuntu8.1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-dev-amd64:i386:
 libc6-dev-amd64:i386 depends on libc6-amd64 (= 2.39-0ubuntu8.1); however:
  Package libc6-amd64:i386 is not configured yet.
 libc6-dev-amd64:i386 depends on libc6-dev (= 2.39-0ubuntu8.1); however:
  Package libc6-dev:i386 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libc6-dev-amd64:i386 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-3) ...
dpkg: error processing package man-db (--configure):
 installed man-db package post-installation script subprocess was killed by signal (Segmentation fault), core dumped
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.38-1ubuntu6.2) ...
dpkg: error processing package libc-bin (--configure):
 installed libc-bin package post-installation script subprocess was killed by signal (Segmentation fault), core dumped
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libc6-dev:amd64
 libc6-dev:i386
 libc6-amd64:i386
 libc-dev-bin
 libc6-dev-amd64:i386
 man-db
 libc-bin

Upgrade incomplete

The upgrade has partially completed but there were errors during the
upgrade process.

To continue please press [ENTER]

The machine is an HP Victus laptop with AMD Ryzen processor, Nvidia RTX2050 video, 32 Gig RAM and 1 TB SSD drive. Was running Ubuntu 23.10 fully updated before running 'do-release-upgrade -d'.
I already finished successfully upgrading two other antique machines (AMD Athlon II desktop and Asus R500A laptop with Intel I7-3630QM processor. Both with 8 G RAM).

[Richard Henschel (rhenschel)]

I did manage to create a cpio archive of /var/log/dist-upgrade directory with:

root@multivac:/var/log/dist-upgrade# find . -type f -print | cpio -ov > /tmp/dist-upgrade.cpio
./history.log
./apt.log
./apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz
./main.log
./apt-term.log
./eipp.log.xz
./lspci.txt
3017 blocks

Hope it helps.

Note that ls works if I don't give it any flags.