Precise ubiquity fails to provide a reinstall option
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Apologies in advance, I know this gets a bit convoluted, but I've been working on verification for bug #1066347 as it relates to 12.04 for about 48 hours and I've run into many obstacles, some just relating to my lack of consistent testing of the "Reinstall - Documents, music, and other personal files will be kept. Installed software will be kept where possible. System-wide settings will be cleared" option. But first things first;
I began testing the "reinstall" option in Precise with an existing and updated Precise but I was not offered that option, only:
http://
Knowing that we began offering upgrade and reinstall options with Maverick I installed Oneiric and tried. This was OK, although it does say "upgrade Oneiric to Oneiric" rather than reinstall:
http://
I then tried an upgrade via live CD from Oneiric to Precise 20130115-i386 and all worked as expected.
I then also tried Lucid -> Precise and again all was well.
But since then I've tried numerous Precise -> Precise reinstall efforts and I always just get:
http://
The latest test was with Precise 20130117.1-i386.
Since we have only about 4 weeks to get the 12.04.2 images right I hope we can get this fixed as I find the upgrade and reinstall options offered by the live images to be one of the best things we've ever done ;^)
NOW, as to why I filed the bug this way. I guess apport doesn't think ubiquity is an official package anymore:
http://
Maybe I need to report a separate bug regarding that?
FINALLY, the Quantal images seem to be fine if that matters.
Apologies again but I'm a bit lost ....... maybe more than a bit.
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Just to satisfy my own curiosity, and refresh my memory, I ran tests on Oneiric, Precise, Quantal, and Raring i386 images and a summary of results is as follows:
Oneiric; The 11.10 final image offers upgrade, reinstall, and downgrade - BUT all are referred to as upgrades.
Precise; The 12.04 final, 12.04.1 final, and 12.04.2 (20130117.1) images only offer upgrades - no reinstall or downgrade.
Quantal; The 12.10 final image offers upgrade and reinstall, named appropriately - but no downgrade.
Raring; The 13.04 (20130119) image offers both upgrade and reinstall - BUT both are referred to as upgrades.
I'm not sure that's helpful at all but thought it was worth sharing.