E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

[sdemory]

I've attempted to perform a distribution upgrade and receive the following message:

E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

I assume this is easily fixed, but it's not something that I know about, so... help?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.134.12.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-41.94-generic 2.6.32.59+drm33.24
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-41-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Sep 8 08:33:44 2012
GConfNonDefault:
 /apps/update-manager/check_new_release_ignore=
 /apps/update-manager/first_run=false
 /apps/update-manager/show_versions=false
 /apps/update-manager/window_size=(500,524)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[dino99 (9d9)]

This version is no more supported