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Ubuntu dist-upgrade 18.04 -> 20.04 fails

Bug #1998699 reported by Matthias Schneider on 2022-12-04

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

$ grep failed /var/log/dist-upgrade/20221204-1538/main.log
2022-12-04 15:36:09,282 INFO failed to remove python-minimal
2022-12-04 15:36:09,326 INFO failed to remove libpython-stdlib
2022-12-04 15:36:09,371 INFO failed to remove python-minimal
2022-12-04 15:36:09,371 INFO failed to remove libpython-stdlib
2022-12-04 15:36:11,357 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.'

I read something about a patched release-upgrader, but it did not work for me.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.45
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-135.152~18.04.2-generic 5.4.212
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-135-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.28
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Sun Dec 4 15:52:56 2022
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2022-12-04 (0 days ago)

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Matthias Schneider (hiashead) wrote on 2022-12-04:

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Matthias Schneider (hiashead) wrote on 2022-12-04:

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$ do-release-upgrade -V
do-release-upgrade: version 18.04.45

$ cat /var/log/dist-upgrade/20221204-1605/main.log 
2022-12-04 15:58:56,372 INFO Using config files '['./DistUpgrade.cfg.bionic', '/etc/update-manager/release-upgrades.d/ubuntu-advantage-upgrades.cfg']'
2022-12-04 15:58:56,372 INFO uname information: 'Linux matze 5.4.0-135-generic #152~18.04.2-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 29 08:23:49 UTC 2022 x86_64'
2022-12-04 15:58:56,879 INFO apt version: '1.6.14'
2022-12-04 15:58:56,880 INFO python version: '3.6.9 (default, Jun 29 2022, 11:45:57) 
[GCC 8.4.0]'
2022-12-04 15:58:56,884 INFO release-upgrader version '20.04.38' started
2022-12-04 15:58:56,896 INFO locale: 'en_US' 'UTF-8'
2022-12-04 15:58:56,937 INFO screen could not be run
2022-12-04 15:58:56,970 DEBUG Using 'DistUpgradeViewText' view
2022-12-04 15:58:57,014 DEBUG enable dpkg --force-overwrite
2022-12-04 15:58:57,038 DEBUG creating statefile: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'
2022-12-04 15:59:01,439 DEBUG lsb-release: 'bionic'
2022-12-04 15:59:01,439 DEBUG _pythonSymlinkCheck run
2022-12-04 15:59:01,439 DEBUG openCache()
2022-12-04 15:59:01,440 DEBUG quirks: running PreCacheOpen
2022-12-04 15:59:01,440 DEBUG running Quirks.PreCacheOpen
2022-12-04 15:59:02,682 DEBUG Comparing 4.15.0-200 with 
2022-12-04 15:59:02,686 DEBUG Comparing 5.3.0-62 with 4.15.0-200
2022-12-04 15:59:02,688 DEBUG Comparing 5.4.0-131 with 5.3.0-62
2022-12-04 15:59:02,688 DEBUG Comparing 5.4.0-135 with 5.4.0-131
2022-12-04 15:59:02,950 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 114249
2022-12-04 15:59:02,950 DEBUG need_server_mode(): can not find a desktop meta package or key deps, running in server mode
2022-12-04 15:59:02,950 DEBUG checkViewDepends()
2022-12-04 15:59:02,952 DEBUG running doUpdate() (showErrors=False)
2022-12-04 15:59:04,920 DEBUG openCache()
2022-12-04 15:59:06,069 DEBUG Comparing 4.15.0-200 with 
2022-12-04 15:59:06,074 DEBUG Comparing 5.3.0-62 with 4.15.0-200
2022-12-04 15:59:06,077 DEBUG Comparing 5.4.0-131 with 5.3.0-62
2022-12-04 15:59:06,077 DEBUG Comparing 5.4.0-135 with 5.4.0-131
2022-12-04 15:59:06,335 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 114249
2022-12-04 15:59:06,335 DEBUG doPostInitialUpdate
2022-12-04 15:59:06,335 DEBUG quirks: running focalPostInitialUpdate
2022-12-04 15:59:06,335 DEBUG running Quirks.focalPostInitialUpdate
2022-12-04 15:59:07,817 WARNING error reading deb2snap.json file (Expected a string or a pair of strings)
2022-12-04 15:59:07,948 DEBUG Snap bare is installed
2022-12-04 15:59:07,948 DEBUG Snap bare is not tracking the release channel
2022-12-04 15:59:08,078 DEBUG Snap core is installed
2022-12-04 15:59:08,078 DEBUG Snap core is not tracking the release channel
2022-12-04 15:59:08,200 DEBUG Snap core18 is installed
2022-12-04 15:59:08,201 DEBUG Snap core18 is not tracking the release channel
2022-12-04 15:59:08,309 DEBUG Snap gnome-3-28-1804 is installed
2022-12-04 15:59:08,310 DEBUG Snap gnome-3-28-1804 is not tracking the release channel
2022-12-04 15:59:08,418 DEBUG Snap gtk-common-themes is installed
2022-12-04 15:59:08,418 DEBUG Snap gtk-common-themes is not tracking the release channel
2022-12-04 15:59:08,549 DEBUG Snap shotcut is installed
2022-12-04 15:59:08,550 DEBUG Snap shotcut is not tracking the release channel
2022-12-04 15:59:08,713 DEBUG Snap spotify is installed
2022-12-04 15:59:08,713 DEBUG Snap spotify is not tracking the release channel
2022-12-04 15:59:08,829 DEBUG Snap ubuntu-budgie-welcome is installed
2022-12-04 15:59:08,829 DEBUG Snap ubuntu-budgie-welcome is not tracking the release channel
2022-12-04 15:59:08,948 DEBUG Snap whatsdesk is installed
2022-12-04 15:59:08,948 DEBUG Snap whatsdesk is not tracking the release channel
2022-12-04 15:59:09,072 DEBUG Snap zoom-client is installed
2022-12-04 15:59:09,073 DEBUG Snap zoom-client is not tracking the release channel
2022-12-04 15:59:11,067 DEBUG MetaPkgs: 
2022-12-04 15:59:14,987 DEBUG no PkgRecord found for 'jicofo', skipping 
2022-12-04 15:59:14,988 DEBUG no PkgRecord found for 'jitsi-meet', skipping 
2022-12-04 15:59:14,988 DEBUG no PkgRecord found for 'jitsi-meet-prosody', skipping 
2022-12-04 15:59:14,988 DEBUG no PkgRecord found for 'jitsi-meet-turnserver', skipping 
2022-12-04 15:59:14,988 DEBUG no PkgRecord found for 'jitsi-meet-web-config', skipping 
2022-12-04 15:59:14,988 DEBUG no PkgRecord found for 'jitsi-videobridge2', skipping 
2022-12-04 15:59:15,637 DEBUG no PkgRecord found for 'linux-image-4.15.0-126-lowlatency', skipping 
2022-12-04 15:59:15,654 DEBUG no PkgRecord found for 'linux-image-5.4.0-56-generic', skipping 
2022-12-04 15:59:15,685 DEBUG no PkgRecord found for 'linux-modules-4.15.0-126-lowlatency', skipping 
2022-12-04 15:59:15,700 DEBUG no PkgRecord found for 'linux-modules-5.4.0-56-generic', skipping 
2022-12-04 15:59:15,716 DEBUG no PkgRecord found for 'linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-56-generic', skipping 
2022-12-04 15:59:16,206 DEBUG no PkgRecord found for 'wine-rt', skipping 
2022-12-04 15:59:16,247 DEBUG Foreign: dropbox ffmpeg kodi kodi-bin kodi-inputstream-adaptive kodi-inputstream-ffmpegdirect kodi-inputstream-rtmp kodi-peripheral-joystick kodi-pvr-hts kodi-pvr-iptvsimple kxstudio-repos libaom0 libavcodec-extra libavcodec-extra58 libavdevice58 libavfilter7 libavformat58 libavresample4 libavutil56 libcdio19 libchromaprint1 libiso9660-11 libopenmpt-modplug1 libopenmpt0 libopenshot-audio8 libopenshot20 libpostproc55 libpython3.5-minimal libpython3.5-stdlib libsdl2-2.0-0 libsdl2-2.0-0:i386 libshairplay0 libswresample3 libswscale5 libudfread0 libvdpau1 libvidstab1.1 libvulkan1 libwayland-client++ libwayland-cursor++ libwayland-egl++ linux-firmware openshot-qt python3-openshot python3-pycryptodome python3.5 python3.5-minimal realtek-clevo-pin-fix-dkms signal-desktop teams tuxedo-control-center tuxedo-keyboard tuxedo-one-theme tuxedo-one-wallpapers tuxedo-plymouth-one tuxedo-two-icons tuxedo-wallpapers vdpau-driver-all wine-stable wine-stable-amd64 wine-stable-i386:i386 winehq-stable
2022-12-04 15:59:16,247 DEBUG Obsolete: carla-bridge-linux32:i386 carla-bridge-linux64 carla-bridge-win32:i386 carla-bridge-win64 carla-bridge-wine32 carla-git carla-git-data carla-vst-wine epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2 gcc-9-base gcc-9-base:i386 imagescan imagescan-plugin-gt-s650 imagescan-plugin-networkscan imagescan-plugin-ocr-engine initscripts insserv jitsi jitsi-archive-keyring libboost-iostreams1.58.0 libcryptsetup4 libdns-export162 libdvdcss-dev libdvdcss2 libegl-dev libgl-dev libgles-dev libglx-dev libisc-export160 libjson-c2 libopengl-dev libpng12-0 libprocps4 libpython2-stdlib libreadline6 libxapian22v5 libxtables11 net.downloadhelper.coapp python2 python2-minimal rpi-imager skypeforlinux sysv-rc zoom
2022-12-04 15:59:16,247 DEBUG updateSourcesList()
2022-12-04 15:59:16,258 DEBUG rewriteSourcesList() with mirror_check
2022-12-04 15:59:16,258 DEBUG ['ubuntu-minimal', 'ubuntu-standard']
2022-12-04 15:59:16,258 DEBUG Checking pkg: ubuntu-minimal
2022-12-04 15:59:16,261 DEBUG Checking pkg: ubuntu-standard
2022-12-04 15:59:16,263 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted universe multiverse'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,263 DEBUG verifySourcesListEntry: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted universe multiverse
2022-12-04 15:59:16,263 DEBUG url_downloadable: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu//dists/focal/Release
2022-12-04 15:59:16,263 DEBUG s='http' n='archive.ubuntu.com' p='/ubuntu//dists/focal/Release' q='' f=''
2022-12-04 15:59:16,530 DEBUG entry 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted universe multiverse' updated to new dist
2022-12-04 15:59:16,530 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,530 DEBUG verifySourcesListEntry: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted universe multiverse
2022-12-04 15:59:16,530 DEBUG url_downloadable: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu//dists/focal/Release
2022-12-04 15:59:16,530 DEBUG s='http' n='security.ubuntu.com' p='/ubuntu//dists/focal/Release' q='' f=''
2022-12-04 15:59:16,759 DEBUG entry 'deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse' updated to new dist
2022-12-04 15:59:16,759 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,759 DEBUG entry 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse' updated to new dist
2022-12-04 15:59:16,760 DEBUG examining: 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,760 DEBUG entry '# deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main # disabled on upgrade to focal' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2022-12-04 15:59:16,760 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kxstudio-debian/kxstudio/ubuntu bionic main'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,761 DEBUG entry '# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kxstudio-debian/kxstudio/ubuntu focal main # disabled on upgrade to focal' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2022-12-04 15:59:16,761 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/deadsnakes/ppa/ubuntu bionic main'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,762 DEBUG entry '# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/deadsnakes/ppa/ubuntu focal main # disabled on upgrade to focal' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2022-12-04 15:59:16,762 DEBUG examining: 'deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu bionic main'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,763 DEBUG entry '# deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu focal main # disabled on upgrade to focal' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2022-12-04 15:59:16,763 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybermax-dexter/sdl2-backport/ubuntu bionic main'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,763 DEBUG entry '# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybermax-dexter/sdl2-backport/ubuntu focal main # disabled on upgrade to focal' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2022-12-04 15:59:16,763 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://oibaf.tuxedocomputers.com/ubuntu bionic main'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,764 DEBUG entry '# deb http://oibaf.tuxedocomputers.com/ubuntu focal main # disabled on upgrade to focal' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2022-12-04 15:59:16,764 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu bionic main'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,765 DEBUG entry '# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu focal main # disabled on upgrade to focal' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2022-12-04 15:59:16,765 DEBUG examining: 'deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,766 DEBUG entry '# deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main # disabled on upgrade to focal' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2022-12-04 15:59:16,766 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://deb.tuxedocomputers.com/ubuntu bionic main'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,766 DEBUG entry '# deb http://deb.tuxedocomputers.com/ubuntu focal main # disabled on upgrade to focal' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2022-12-04 15:59:16,766 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://graphics.tuxedocomputers.com/ubuntu bionic main'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,767 DEBUG entry '# deb http://graphics.tuxedocomputers.com/ubuntu focal main # disabled on upgrade to focal' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2022-12-04 15:59:16,767 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu bionic main'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,768 DEBUG entry '# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu focal main # disabled on upgrade to focal' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2022-12-04 15:59:16,768 DEBUG examining: 'deb [arch=amd64,i386] https://kx.studio/repo/ stable free'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,769 DEBUG entry '# deb [arch=amd64,i386] https://kx.studio/repo/ stable free # disabled on upgrade to focal' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2022-12-04 15:59:16,769 DEBUG examining: 'deb [arch=amd64,i386] https://kx.studio/repo/ gcc5 free'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,769 DEBUG entry '# deb [arch=amd64,i386] https://kx.studio/repo/ gcc5 free # disabled on upgrade to focal' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2022-12-04 15:59:16,769 DEBUG examining: 'deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main'
2022-12-04 15:59:16,770 DEBUG entry '# deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main # disabled on upgrade to focal' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2022-12-04 15:59:22,032 DEBUG running doUpdate() (showErrors=True)
2022-12-04 15:59:27,202 DEBUG openCache()
2022-12-04 15:59:28,066 DEBUG Comparing 4.15.0-200 with 
2022-12-04 15:59:28,069 DEBUG Comparing 5.3.0-62 with 4.15.0-200
2022-12-04 15:59:28,073 DEBUG Comparing 5.4.0-131 with 5.3.0-62
2022-12-04 15:59:28,073 DEBUG Comparing 5.4.0-135 with 5.4.0-131
2022-12-04 15:59:28,299 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 82619
2022-12-04 15:59:28,300 DEBUG need_server_mode(): can not find a desktop meta package or key deps, running in server mode
2022-12-04 15:59:28,300 DEBUG quirks: running PreDistUpgradeCache
2022-12-04 15:59:28,300 DEBUG running Quirks.PreDistUpgradeCache
2022-12-04 15:59:28,300 INFO checking for python-dbg (auto_inst=False)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,300 INFO checking for python-doc (auto_inst=False)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,300 INFO checking for python-minimal (auto_inst=False)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,300 INFO installing python-is-python2 because python-minimal was installed
2022-12-04 15:59:28,300 DEBUG Installing 'python-is-python2' (python-minimal was installed on the system)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,351 INFO removing python-minimal because python-is-python2 is being installed
2022-12-04 15:59:28,351 DEBUG Removing 'python-minimal' (python-is-python2 is being installed on the system)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,395 INFO failed to remove python-minimal
2022-12-04 15:59:28,396 INFO checking for python-dev (auto_inst=False)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,396 INFO checking for libpython-dev (auto_inst=False)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,396 INFO checking for libpython-stdlib (auto_inst=False)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,396 INFO removing libpython-stdlib because None is being installed
2022-12-04 15:59:28,396 DEBUG Removing 'libpython-stdlib' (None is being installed on the system)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,439 INFO failed to remove libpython-stdlib
2022-12-04 15:59:28,440 INFO checking for libpython-dbg (auto_inst=False)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,440 INFO checking for python-dbg (auto_inst=True)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,440 INFO checking for python-doc (auto_inst=True)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,440 INFO checking for python-minimal (auto_inst=True)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,440 INFO installing python-is-python2 because python-minimal was installed
2022-12-04 15:59:28,440 DEBUG Installing 'python-is-python2' (python-minimal was installed on the system)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,484 INFO removing python-minimal because python-is-python2 is being installed
2022-12-04 15:59:28,484 DEBUG Removing 'python-minimal' (python-is-python2 is being installed on the system)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,484 INFO failed to remove python-minimal
2022-12-04 15:59:28,484 INFO checking for python-dev (auto_inst=True)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,484 INFO checking for libpython-dev (auto_inst=True)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,484 INFO checking for libpython-stdlib (auto_inst=True)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,484 INFO removing libpython-stdlib because None is being installed
2022-12-04 15:59:28,484 DEBUG Removing 'libpython-stdlib' (None is being installed on the system)
2022-12-04 15:59:28,484 INFO failed to remove libpython-stdlib
2022-12-04 15:59:28,484 INFO checking for libpython-dbg (auto_inst=True)
2022-12-04 15:59:30,193 DEBUG Installing 'xserver-xorg-video-all' (Distro KeepInstalledPkgs rule)
2022-12-04 15:59:30,432 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.'
2022-12-04 15:59:30,438 DEBUG abort called
2022-12-04 15:59:30,439 DEBUG openCache()
2022-12-04 15:59:33,291 DEBUG Comparing 4.15.0-200 with 
2022-12-04 15:59:33,294 DEBUG Comparing 5.3.0-62 with 4.15.0-200
2022-12-04 15:59:33,297 DEBUG Comparing 5.4.0-131 with 5.3.0-62
2022-12-04 15:59:33,297 DEBUG Comparing 5.4.0-135 with 5.4.0-131
2022-12-04 15:59:33,560 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 114249

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