Could not install the upgrades The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A recovery will run noCould not install the upgrades The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).w (dpkg --configure -a).

Bug #1826131 reported by pleabargain
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
texinfo (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

FAIL updating from 18.10 to 19.04

Could not install the upgrades

The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: install-info 6.5.0.dfsg.1-4build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-18.19-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Apr 24 11:27:20 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-23 (1339 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
SourcePackage: texinfo
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-04-24 (0 days ago)

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pleabargain (dennisgdaniels) wrote :
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pleabargain (dennisgdaniels) wrote :

broken state :(

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pleabargain (dennisgdaniels) wrote :

it gets stranger...
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 19.04
Release: 19.04
Codename: disco

The machine DID not reboot!

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pleabargain (dennisgdaniels) wrote :

I restarted the machine. Fearfully!
Then

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 19.04
Release: 19.04
Codename: disco

the broken state warning appears to be false! Still, scary.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in texinfo (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Isaac Ullah (iiullah) wrote :

Adding that I just got the same error upon upgrade to 19.04. Will restart with trepidation to see if it will work...

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