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apt-clone crashed with SystemError in _restore_package_selection_in_cache(): E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Bug #792778 reported by Paul Allum on 2011-06-04

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #758013: apt-clone crashed with SystemError in _restore_package_selection_in_cache(): E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	apt-clone (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: apt-clone

Bug report automatically triggered by fault in Ubuntu upgrade process from 10.10 to 11.04 using the 11.04 AMD64 DVD.
Error restoring installed applications
An error occurred while restoring previously-installed applications. The installation will continue, but you may have to manually reinstall some applications after the computer reboots.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: apt-clone 0.1.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jun 4 08:07:34 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/apt-clone
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/apt-clone restore-new-distro /target/ubiquity-apt-clone/apt-clone-state-hostname.tar.gz natty --destination /target
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
LC_COLLATE=C
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/apt-clone', 'restore-new-distro', '/target/ubiquity-apt-clone/apt-clone-state-hostname.tar.gz', 'natty', '--destination', '/target']
SourcePackage: apt-clone
Title: apt-clone crashed with SystemError in _restore_package_selection_in_cache(): E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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Paul Allum (pallum) wrote on 2011-06-04:

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote on 2011-06-07: This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #758013, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.