error while upgrading from kubuntu 10.04 to 10.10

Bug #658288 reported by suebi
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update-manager (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

when i try to upgrade from kubuntu 10.04 to 10.10 i get the error message:
'E:Couldn't configure pre-depend x11-common for x11-xkb-utils,
probably a dependency cycle.'

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

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.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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suebi (d-suebi) wrote :
description: updated
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suebi (d-suebi) wrote :
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suebi (d-suebi) wrote :

i was now able to upgrade by running

dpkg --force-depends --remove x11-xkb-utils
dpkg --force-depends --remove x11-common

before i started the upgrade!
everything works fine now with 10.10

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for following up. This is a duplicate of bug 639933 and I'm marking it as such.

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