could not calculate the upgrade, yet answer clearly in logfile
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
Update manager tells me it could not calculate the upgrade, and gives a vague variety of possible causes, but a quick perusal of the dist-upgrade logfile pinpoints precisely where the stoppage occured [1]. If it is beyond scope of update manager to parse the results of the logfile and respond accordingly, it should at least tell users to inspect it.
At least I didn't go very far down the road described in the troubleshooting threads I was reading. The sign post for that road might read "keep uninstalling the programs which might be causing the problems and try again".
[1] The problem:
2008-05-03 22:13:39,777 DEBUG The package 'nvidia-glx-new' is marked for removal but it's in the removal blacklist
2008-05-03 22:14:02,990 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'An essential package would have to be removed'
Thanks for your bugreport.
Please attach the files in /var/log/ dist-upgrade to this bugreport.
Thanks Michael