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update-manager package

Upgrade aborted: 7.10 to 8.04

Bug #229459 reported by Keith Finnie on 2008-05-12

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	update-manager (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

Here is the displayed error message:
__
Could not install the upgrades

The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bugreport.
installArchives() failed
__

I have not rebooted my system for fear it will not come back up.

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Keith Finnie (kfinnie) wrote on 2008-05-12:

#1

zipped and tarred files from /var/log/dist-upgrade Edit (380.0 KiB, application/x-tar)

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Keith Finnie (kfinnie) wrote on 2008-05-12:

#2

first file Edit (266.0 KiB, text/plain)

First file

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Keith Finnie (kfinnie) wrote on 2008-05-12:

#3

second file Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain)

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Keith Finnie (kfinnie) wrote on 2008-05-12:

#4

third file Edit (421.8 KiB, text/html)

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Keith Finnie (kfinnie) wrote on 2008-05-12:

#5

fourth file Edit (31.8 KiB, text/plain)

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Keith Finnie (kfinnie) wrote on 2008-05-12:

#6

fifth file Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain)

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Keith Finnie (kfinnie) wrote on 2008-05-12:

#7

last file Edit (437.8 KiB, text/html)

Let me know if you need anything else.

cmnorton (octopusgrabbus) on 2008-06-08

Changed in update-manager:
assignee:	nobody → fantio

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Nick Ellery (nick.ellery) wrote on 2008-07-12:

#8

Thanks for your bug report. Fortunately, this is not a bug and can be fixed by simply entering
sudo dpkg --configure -a
into a terminal

Changed in update-manager:
assignee:	fantio → nobody
status:	New → Invalid

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Nick Ellery (nick.ellery) wrote on 2008-07-12:

#9

Woops, this was an error on my part. Seems like this issue wasn't what I thought it was, and this is a valid bug report. I'm confirming this report as the necessary files have been attached.

Changed in update-manager:
status:	Invalid → Confirmed
status:	Confirmed → Triaged

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RedSingularity (redsingularity) wrote on 2011-08-23:

#10

Cleaning up.
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Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → Invalid

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