Unable to upgrade 10.04.1 to 10.10 - libnih1 libc dependency conflict

[Nathan Beyer]

Binary package hint: update-manager

When performing a network upgradefr om 10.04.1 to 10.10, the following happened.

nathan@amity:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new ubuntu release
Done Upgrade tool signature
Done Upgrade tool
Done downloading
extracting 'maverick.tar.gz'
authenticate 'maverick.tar.gz' against 'maverick.tar.gz.gpg'
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names

Reading cache

Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
Starting
Starting 2
Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
No candidate ver: python2.5-minimal
No candidate ver: libisc44
No candidate ver: libntfs-3g28
No candidate ver: libdirectfb-1.0-0
No candidate ver: upstart-logd
No candidate ver: libparted1.8-10
No candidate ver: libparted1.8-12
No candidate ver: libbind9-40
No candidate ver: libscrollkeeper0
No candidate ver: upstart-compat-sysv
No candidate ver: libisc45
No candidate ver: belocs-locales-bin
No candidate ver: libisccfg50
No candidate ver: libxcb-xlib0
No candidate ver: libntfs-3g49
No candidate ver: libpolkit-dbus2
No candidate ver: libmysqlclient15off
No candidate ver: libisccfg40
No candidate ver: libcdio7
No candidate ver: liblwres50
No candidate ver: liblzo1
No candidate ver: libparted1.8-9
No candidate ver: policykit
No candidate ver: libdatrie0
No candidate ver: libgraphviz4
No candidate ver: system-services
No candidate ver: devicekit-disks
No candidate ver: libiw29
No candidate ver: libisccc50
No candidate ver: libdns50
No candidate ver: libdns53
No candidate ver: libpolkit-gnome0
No candidate ver: libpolkit-grant2
No candidate ver: libntfs-3g54
No candidate ver: libisc50
No candidate ver: libc6-i686
No candidate ver: python2.5
No candidate ver: liblwres40
No candidate ver: gnome-mount
No candidate ver: libbind9-50
No candidate ver: libkrb53
No candidate ver: linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-generic
No candidate ver: libdns43
No candidate ver: libisccc40
No candidate ver: libdns45

Updating repository information
WARNING: Failed to read mirror file
97% [Working]
Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done

Calculating the changes

Calculating the changes
No candidate ver: python2.5-minimal
No candidate ver: libisc44
No candidate ver: libntfs-3g28
No candidate ver: libdirectfb-1.0-0
No candidate ver: upstart-logd
No candidate ver: libparted1.8-10
No candidate ver: libparted1.8-12
No candidate ver: libbind9-40
No candidate ver: libscrollkeeper0
No candidate ver: upstart-compat-sysv
No candidate ver: libisc45
No candidate ver: belocs-locales-bin
No candidate ver: libisccfg50
No candidate ver: libxcb-xlib0
No candidate ver: libntfs-3g49
No candidate ver: libpolkit-dbus2
No candidate ver: libmysqlclient15off
No candidate ver: libisccfg40
No candidate ver: libcdio7
No candidate ver: liblwres50
No candidate ver: liblzo1
No candidate ver: libparted1.8-9
No candidate ver: policykit
No candidate ver: libdatrie0
No candidate ver: libgraphviz4
No candidate ver: system-services
No candidate ver: devicekit-disks
No candidate ver: libiw29
No candidate ver: libisccc50
No candidate ver: libdns50
No candidate ver: libdns53
No candidate ver: libpolkit-gnome0
No candidate ver: libpolkit-grant2
No candidate ver: libntfs-3g54
No candidate ver: libisc50
No candidate ver: libc6-i686
No candidate ver: python2.5
No candidate ver: liblwres40
No candidate ver: gnome-mount
No candidate ver: libbind9-50
No candidate ver: libkrb53
No candidate ver: linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-generic
No candidate ver: libdns43
No candidate ver: libisccc40
No candidate ver: libdns45

Do you want to start the upgrade?

1 installed package is no longer supported by Canonical. You can
still get support from the community.

1 package is going to be removed. 28 new packages are going to be
installed. 401 packages are going to be upgraded.

Fetching and installing the upgrade can take several hours. Once the
download has finished, the process cannot be cancelled.

 Continue [yN] Details [d]y

Fetching

Upgrading
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package gcc-4.5-base.
(Reading database ... 29144 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gcc-4.5-base (from .../gcc-4.5-base_4.5.1-7ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up gcc-4.5-base (4.5.1-7ubuntu2) ...
(Reading database ... 29152 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.5 (using .../libc6_2.12.1-0ubuntu8_i386.deb) ...
Checking for services that may need to be restarted...
Checking init scripts...
Illegal instruction
Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
dpkg: warning: old post-removal script killed by signal (Illegal instruction)
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.12.1-0ubuntu8_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new post-removal script killed by signal (Illegal instruction)
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess installed pre-installation script killed by signal (Illegal instruction)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.12.1-0ubuntu8_i386.deb
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 against the 'update-manager' package and
include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bug report.
E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libnih1:
 libnih1 depends on libc6 (>> 2.12); however:
  Package libc6 is not installed.
 libnih1 depends on libc6 (<< 2.13); however:
  Package libc6 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libnih1 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libnih-dbus1:
 libnih-dbus1 depends on libnih1 (= 1.0.2-1ubuntu2); however:
  Package libnih1 is not configured yet.
 libnih-dbus1 depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~); however:
  Package libc6 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libnih-dbus1 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libnih1
 libnih-dbus1

Upgrade complete

The upgrade is completed but there were errors during the upgrade
process.

[Nathan Beyer (nbeyer)]

An archive of the /var/log/dist-upgrade folder

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report. This issue has already been reported in bug 587186 and I'm marking it as duplicates. Please provide any additional information on the other report.

Don't hesitate to submit any new bug.