unattended-upgrades crashes with: apt_pkg.Error: E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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apt (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
It seems pkgProblemResolver is hitting an internal bug quite frequently with latest u-u:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/
sys.
File "/usr/bin/
pkg.
File "/usr/lib/
self.
File "/usr/lib/
fixer.
apt_pkg.Error: E:Error, pkgProblemResol
I believe this should be fixed in apt rather than just catching it in u-u.
More info:
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summary: |
- /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade:apt_pkg.Error:/usr/bin/unattended- - upgrade@1927:main:mark_upgrade:mark_install + unattended-upgrades crashes with: apt_pkg.Error: E:Error, + pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held + packages |
description: | updated |
affects: | unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu) → apt (Ubuntu) |
That backtracr is something completely different. So what is this about, the locking failure or the resolver? Resolver failures are probably not going to be fixable, or only with guessing and extreme caution.