do-release-upgrade fails to upgrade from Oneiric to Precise: Couldn't configure pre-depend libtinfo5 for libncurses5, probably a dependency cycle
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
apt (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Canonical Foundations Team | ||
Oneiric |
Won't Fix
|
High
|
Canonical Foundations Team | ||
Precise |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Canonical Foundations Team |
Bug Description
On this system, do-release-upgrade is unable to upgrade to Precise. Logs should be attached, if not, I've got them saved.
The system hasn't yet been upgraded successfully, so if you need any additional information not attached here, that can be gathered.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: update-manager-core 1:0.152.25.5
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 31 14:05:27 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-01-31 (0 days ago)
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → High |
tags: | added: rls-mgr-p-tracking |
Changed in apt (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → High |
assignee: | nobody → Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) |
Changed in apt (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
Changed in apt (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
Changed in apt (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Released → Triaged |
Changed in apt (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
status: | Fix Released → Triaged |
tags: | added: oneiric2precise |
summary: |
- do-release-upgrade fails to upgrade from Oneiric to Precise + do-release-upgrade fails to upgrade from Oneiric to Precise: Couldn't + configure pre-depend libtinfo5 for libncurses5, probably a dependency + cycle |
Changed in apt (Ubuntu Precise): | |
assignee: | nobody → Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) |
Changed in apt (Ubuntu Precise): | |
milestone: | ubuntu-12.04.1 → ubuntu-12.04.2 |
Changed in apt (Ubuntu Precise): | |
milestone: | ubuntu-12.04.2 → ubuntu-12.04.3 |
tags: | removed: distribution-upgrade |
Reproduces with 'apt-get dist-upgrade' from a clone of your state. Debug:: pkgPackageManag er=true says:
SmartConfigure libtinfo5
DepAdd: libtinfo5
SmartConfigure libtinfo5
DepAdd: libtinfo5
DepAdd: libc6
DepAdd FAILS on: libc6
DepAdd FAILS on: libtinfo5
PreDepends order for libncurses5
Found ok package multiarch-support
PreDepends order for libncurses5
Trying to SmartConfigure libtinfo5
SmartConfigure libtinfo5
SmartConfigure libtinfo5
DepAdd: libtinfo5
DepAdd: libc6
DepAdd FAILS on: libc6
DepAdd FAILS on: libtinfo5
PreDepends order for libncurses5
Found ok package multiarch-support
PreDepends order for libncurses5
Trying to SmartConfigure libtinfo5
SmartConfigure libtinfo5
DepAdd: libtinfo5
DepAdd: libc6
DepAdd FAILS on: libc6
DepAdd FAILS on: libtinfo5
E: Couldn't configure pre-depend libtinfo5 for libncurses5, probably a dependency cycle.
It may be worth noting that this is amd64, and libc6:i386 is being newly installed here.