upgrade failure

[Bill Ferguson]

Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs

I have successfully run Ubuntu distribution 8.04 LTS for some time. Today I attempted to upgrade to distribution 10.4 LTS.
The first try took about two hours, then failed because of something about a dependency cycle in Open Office. A second
try failed very quickly; same failure message. What is the trouble? Is it me or the 'system'? Is there a path around the problem or am I stuck in 8.04 forever?

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[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the log files from '/var/log/dist-upgrade/' to this bug report as separate attachments? Thanks in advance.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 562948, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Bill Ferguson (willie55)]

Thank you for the information about this known bug. I looked at
the record for bug 562948. I partially understand the problem, but
I do not feel competent to undertake the suggested workaround.
My decision is to continue with 8.04 LTS until some later date
when the bug is entirely resolved. At worst, someday I will request
a fresh installation disk and start over from the beginning.
Bill Ferguson willie55

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean-Baptiste Lallement" <email address hidden>
To: willie55@ comcast .net
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 10:54:30 AM
Subject: [Bug 624537] Re: upgrade failure

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 562948 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/562948

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a
duplicate of bug 562948, so it is being marked as such. Please look at
the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you
can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug.
Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in
the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may
find.

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 562948
Upgrade 8.04 LTS -> 10.04 LTS fails at circular dependency with openoffice.org extensions

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upgrade failure
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Bug description:
Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs

I have successfully run Ubuntu distribution 8.04 LTS for some time. Today I attempted to upgrade to distribution 10.4 LTS.
The first try took about two hours, then failed because of something about a dependency cycle in Open Office. A second
try failed very quickly; same failure message. What is the trouble? Is it me or the 'system'? Is there a path around the problem or am I stuck in 8.04 forever?

willie55@ comcast .net

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