dist-upgrade wants to remove ubuntu-desktop and unity2d

[roothorick]

Update manager will not update the system, it errors out saying that ubuntu-desktop was marked to be removed and is on the removal blacklist. Doing a dist-upgrade at the console shows that, indeed, it wants to remove ubuntu-desktop and unity2d. A regular upgrade shows a LOT of packages held back.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-16.25-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Feb 17 13:36:56 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111129.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-17 (0 days ago)

[Torsten Spindler (tspindler)]

I've experienced intermittent problems with ubuntu-desktop as well, but it's been resolved now. Can you reproduce this problem?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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