Update 7.10 -> 8.04 fails -> Could not install the upgrades

[Tobias vdP]

Binary package hint: update-manager

when running sudo do-release-upgrade on a 7.10, i get a:

Could not install the upgrades

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

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and
include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bugreport.
installArchives() failed

in the end

from apt-term.log:
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/duplicity_0.4.10-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Scott Howard (showard314)]

Thanks for your report and helping make Ubuntu better. From your logs, I can see that the error occurs while upgrading the duplicity package. The bug has been reassigned.

from apt-term.log:
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/duplicity_0.4.10-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

from main.log:
2009-05-08 20:06:09,899 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: '/var/cache/apt/archives/duplicity_0.4.10-1_amd64.deb': 'subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
'
2009-05-08 20:06:09,900 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() duplicity: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

2009-05-08 20:06:54,630 ERROR SystemError from cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
2009-05-08 20:06:54,631 WARNING cache.commit() raised a SystemError but pkg_failures count is 0
2009-05-08 20:06:54,631 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() update-manager: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
2009-05-08 20:06:54,633 DEBUG can't find apport gui
2009-05-08 20:10:24,593 DEBUG no file '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20archive'
2009-05-08 20:10:25,256 ERROR SystemError from cache.commit(): installArchives() failed
2009-05-08 20:10:25,257 DEBUG can't find apport gui
2009-05-08 20:10:25,398 DEBUG no file '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20archive'

[Tobias vdP (t-van-der-plas)]

Hi and thanks a lot for your reply. Would this mean, that i could
restart the machine without fearing to have it in an unbootable state?

Cheers

Tobias van der Plas

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Am 11.06.2009 um 21:01 schrieb Scott Howard:

> Thanks for your report and helping make Ubuntu better. From your
> logs, I
> can see that the error occurs while upgrading the duplicity package.
> The
> bug has been reassigned.
>
> from apt-term.log:
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/
> duplicity_0.4.10-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> from main.log:
> 2009-05-08 20:06:09,899 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: '/var/
> cache/apt/archives/duplicity_0.4.10-1_amd64.deb': 'subprocess pre-
> installation script returned error exit status 1
> '
> 2009-05-08 20:06:09,900 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() duplicity:
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> 2009-05-08 20:06:54,630 ERROR SystemError from cache.commit(): E:Sub-
> process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 2009-05-08 20:06:54,631 WARNING cache.commit() raised a SystemError
> but pkg_failures count is 0
> 2009-05-08 20:06:54,631 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() update-
> manager: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg
> returned an error code (1)
> 2009-05-08 20:06:54,633 DEBUG can't find apport gui
> 2009-05-08 20:10:24,593 DEBUG no file '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20archive'
> 2009-05-08 20:10:25,256 ERROR SystemError from cache.commit():
> installArchives() failed
> 2009-05-08 20:10:25,257 DEBUG can't find apport gui
> 2009-05-08 20:10:25,398 DEBUG no file '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20archive'
>
> ** Package changed: update-manager (Ubuntu) => duplicity (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Changed in: duplicity (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Confirmed
>
> ** Description changed:
>
> Binary package hint: update-manager
>
> when running sudo do-release-upgrade on a 7.10, i get a:
>
> Could not install the upgrades
>
> The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A
> recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).
>
> Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and
> include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bugreport.
> installArchives() failed
>
> in the end
> +
> +
> + from apt-term.log:
> + dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/
> duplicity_0.4.10-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> + subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> --
> Update 7.10 -> 8.04 fails -> Could not install the upgrades
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373848
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “duplicity” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: update-manager
>
> when running sudo do-release-upgrade on a 7.10, i get a:
>
> Could not install the upgrades
>
> The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A
> recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).
>
> Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and
> include the fi...

[Scott Howard (showard314)]

Hello again,
The only package that failed was duplicity, so you should be safe to restart the computer.

Before restarting, try running:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
in the terminal, then after restarting run
sudo dpkg --configure -a
in the terminal again.

[Michael Terry (mterry)]

I believe that since 7.10 is end-of-life, upgrades to other versions are no longer supported? But this looks to be a dup of bug 291262 anyway, so marking as such.