doc-base post-installation script breaks do-release-upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
On one of my computers, do-release-upgrade from 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS broke mid-update.
Logfile seems to indicate that the "doc-base" package is to blame:
2018-08-16 14:02:43,476 INFO cache.commit()
2018-08-16 14:02:43,476 DEBUG failed to SystemUnLock() (E:Not locked)
2018-08-16 14:12:31,145 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'doc-base': 'installed doc-base package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10'
2018-08-16 14:12:31,146 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() doc-base: installed doc-base package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
2018-08-16 14:12:32,550 ERROR Exception during pm.DoInstall()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/ubuntu-
res = pm.do_install(
SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
2018-08-16 14:12:32,580 ERROR SystemError from cache.commit(): installArchives() failed
2018-08-16 14:12:32,581 ERROR found exception: 'E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)'
2018-08-16 14:12:51,407 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: './xorg_
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcVersionSign
RelatedPackageV
linux-
linux-
linux-firmware 1.173.1
RfKill:
Tags: bionic
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-32-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-16 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout dip libvirt libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo vboxusers wireshark
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 02/13/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P3.70
dmi.board.name: X79 Extreme4
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:
apport-collect 1787411
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