Pinned hardy repository causes update-manger to fail but shows no error message
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
I tried to upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy («update-manager -d») having all Hardy packages pinned (*). The result was that update-manager removed a single package (the old GNOME Printer Management GUI, I don't remember the name of the package), did nothing on the "installing packages" step, then was for about half an hour on the "cleaning" step (without doing anything at all) and then it just crashed (it gave a traceback but I didn't think about copying it, sorry).
It would be better if update-manager noticed that all Hardy packages are pinned, showed an error dialog and asked if it should unpin them.
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* In file «/etc/apt/
Explanation: Hardy packages have a lower priority
Package: *
Pin: release a=hardy
Pin-Priority: 75
Changed in update-manager: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in update-manager: | |
milestone: | none → later |
I can confirm this. Followed the steps in the previous post and got identical output. Log files to follow.