Activity log for bug #1684198

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2017-04-19 15:13:06 Karl-Philipp Richter bug added bug
2017-04-19 15:14:02 Karl-Philipp Richter description All invokations of `sudo do-release-upgrade` fail due to `An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.` after a previous run has been aborted with Ctrl+C. The output is: ``` Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease Get:3 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/ownCloud:/desktop/Debian_8.0 Release.gpg [481 B] Ign http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/ownCloud:/desktop/Debian_8.0 Release.gpg Fetched 90,7 kB in 0s (0 B/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Updating repository information Third party sources disabled Some third party entries in your sources.list were disabled. You can re-enable them after the upgrade with the 'software-properties' tool or your package manager. To continue please press [ENTER] Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease [89,2 kB] Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease Fetched 89,2 kB in 0s (0 B/s) Checking package manager Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating the changes Calculating the changes Could not calculate the upgrade An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade. This can be caused by: * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. Restoring original system state Aborting Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done ``` The release in `sources.list` have been altered and the release upgrade should: * explain what's going on - why give a list of possible reasons if checking these reasons programmatically is absolutely possible -> apply principles of "Don't make me think" design * not say that it restores the original system state without making sure that it actually does that because it does _not_ * restore the system state reliably, e.g. detect a mismatch between `lsb_release` output and release in `sources.list` (in doubt ask the user for input) * warn about potentially unwanted changes of crucial system configuration when pressing Ctrl+C and add require the user to press it a second time/send SIGINT twice * after more than 20 version upgrades over more than 10 years just work perfectly better sooner than later ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.10.10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-46.49-generic 4.8.17 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-46-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode icp zcommon znvpair zavl ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Apr 19 16:51:42 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-12 (494 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-04-19 (0 days ago) All invokations of `sudo do-release-upgrade` fail due to `An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.` after a previous run has been aborted with Ctrl+C. The output is: ``` Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease Get:3 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/ownCloud:/desktop/Debian_8.0 Release.gpg [481 B] Ign http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/ownCloud:/desktop/Debian_8.0 Release.gpg Fetched 90,7 kB in 0s (0 B/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Updating repository information Third party sources disabled Some third party entries in your sources.list were disabled. You can re-enable them after the upgrade with the 'software-properties' tool or your package manager. To continue please press [ENTER] Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease [89,2 kB] Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease Fetched 89,2 kB in 0s (0 B/s) Checking package manager Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating the changes Calculating the changes Could not calculate the upgrade An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade. This can be caused by: * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. Restoring original system state Aborting Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done ``` The release in `sources.list` have been altered and the release upgrade should:   * explain what's going on - why give a list of possible reasons if checking these reasons programmatically is absolutely possible -> apply principles of "Don't make me think" design   * not say that it restores the original system state without making sure that it actually does that because it does _not_   * restore the system state reliably, e.g. detect a mismatch between `lsb_release` output and release in `sources.list` (in doubt ask the user for input)   * warn about potentially unwanted changes of crucial system configuration when pressing Ctrl+C and add require the user to press it a second time/send SIGINT twice   * after more than 20 version upgrades over more than 10 years just work perfectly better sooner than later Not a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1246441 because I'm not using the Xorg edgers PPA and the necessary improvements would still be necessary. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.10.10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-46.49-generic 4.8.17 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-46-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode icp zcommon znvpair zavl ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Apr 19 16:51:42 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-12 (494 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-04-19 (0 days ago)
2017-04-19 16:29:18 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot tags amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade yakkety amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade yakkety yakkety2zesty
2017-05-04 04:45:47 Launchpad Janitor ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2018-02-27 08:20:08 dino99 ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Invalid
2018-03-01 22:12:16 Simon Quigley ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu): status Invalid Incomplete
2018-05-01 04:18:43 Launchpad Janitor ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Expired