ubuntu-desktop dependency on pulseaudio blocks dist-upgrade from 8.04 to 10.04b1

[MarcRandolph]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Description: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS
ii update-manager 1:0.87.31 GNOME application that manages apt updates

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Mar 27 15:12:10 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.87.31
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[MarcRandolph (mrand)]

This was a pretty fresh install of 8.04. Only thing added extra was mythtv.

[MarcRandolph (mrand)]

The end of the apt.log shows this:

Setting NOT as auto-installed (direct dep of pkg in APT::Never-MarkAuto-Section)
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating ubuntu-desktop
Package ubuntu-desktop has broken dep on libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
  Considering libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio 2 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop 0
  Re-Instated libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
  Re-Instated ubuntu-desktop
Investigating libsdl1.2debian-alsa
Package libsdl1.2debian-alsa has broken dep on libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
  Considering libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio 2 as a solution to libsdl1.2debian-alsa 12
  Added libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio to the remove list
  Fixing libsdl1.2debian-alsa via keep of libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
Investigating ubuntu-desktop
Package ubuntu-desktop has broken dep on libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
  Considering libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio 2 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop 0
  Removing ubuntu-desktop rather than change libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
Done

[David Schmitt (deschmit-hotmail)]

I get pretty much the same error

  Setting NOT as auto-installed (direct Recommends of pkg in APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections)
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating ubuntu-desktop
Package ubuntu-desktop has broken Depends on libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
  Considering libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio 2 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop 0
  Re-Instated libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
  Re-Instated ubuntu-desktop
Investigating libsdl1.2debian-alsa
Package libsdl1.2debian-alsa has broken Conflicts on libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
  Considering libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio 2 as a solution to libsdl1.2debian-alsa 26
  Added libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio to the remove list
  Considering libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio 2 as a solution to libsdl1.2debian-alsa 26
  Fixing libsdl1.2debian-alsa via remove of libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
Investigating ubuntu-desktop
Package ubuntu-desktop has broken Depends on libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
  Considering libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio 2 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop 0
  Removing ubuntu-desktop rather than change libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
Done

[David Schmitt (deschmit-hotmail)]

I removed mythbuntu-desktop and my upgrade is working now.

[Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley)]

Since this was an upgrade bug to an old release and it's working now, I'm going to close it out. If you still have a similar issue, please reopen.