Upgrading from 23.04 to 13.11 throws an error "an unresolvable proglem occurred while calculating the upgrade"

[cannondale0815]

I first upgraded from 22.x to 23.04. Right after, I was immediately informed that I could now upgrade from 23.04 to 23.11. During the upgrade process, the aforementioned error occurred.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:23.04.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-39.40-generic 6.2.16
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CrashDB: ubuntu
CrashReports:
 640:127:124:1585555:2023-12-15 11:50:43.430198009 -0500:2023-12-15 11:50:40.770197949 -0500:/var/crash/_usr_libexec_tracker-extract-3.127.crash
 640:1001:124:4078951:2023-12-15 11:06:41.577206134 -0500:2023-12-15 11:06:42.577206134 -0500:/var/crash/_usr_bin_seahorse.1001.crash
 640:1001:124:1585001:2023-12-15 11:38:35.735169887 -0500:2023-12-15 11:38:36.735169887 -0500:/var/crash/_usr_libexec_tracker-extract-3.1001.crash
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Dec 15 12:09:42 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-04-26 (597 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to lunar on 2023-12-15 (0 days ago)

[cannondale0815 (cannondale0815)]

I found a way to overcome this issue, as mentioned in this posting here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/xcaurm/comment/jbmt0is/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

In summary:

1) sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq ubuntu-desktop
2) sudo do-release-upgrade