dist upgrade crashes with postregsql 14 issue

[Sean Toczko]

Run apt update
Run apt upgrade
Run do-release-upgrade

downloads new files, checks system, then exits with error saying that: "ubuntu 24.04 upgrade package 'postgresql-14' marked for removal but in removal deny list"

I have removed postgresql with sudo purge postgresql* several times, but the error still persists.

*Update*

After running sudo remove postgresql* two additional files were removed, and the upgrade appears to move forward past this error point.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:22.04.20
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-164.174-generic 5.15.193
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-164-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.10
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CloudArchitecture: x86_64
CloudID: none
CloudName: none
CloudPlatform: none
CloudSubPlatform: config
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Thu Jan 8 12:44:44 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-08-28 (1958 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2026-01-08 (0 days ago)