[Bug 890090] [NEW] dist upgrade to 11.10 fails

[Mike Morris]

Public bug reported:

Upgrade halts with the error message, "After your package information
was updated the essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found any
more."

$ ls -l /var/log/dist-upgrade/
total 944K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2010-05-19 12:32 20100519-1232
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2010-10-11 09:23 20101011-0923
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2011-04-28 13:43 20110428-1343
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2011-04-30 09:54 20110430-0954
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2011-05-01 10:08 20110501-1008
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2011-11-14 07:55 20111114-0755
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 535K 2011-11-14 07:55 apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  111 2011-11-14 07:57 apt.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.5K 2011-11-14 07:55 lspci.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11K 2011-11-14 07:57 main.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 362K 2010-10-11 09:23 system_state.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    0 2011-11-14 07:55 term.log

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

+ Upgrade halts with the error message, "After your package information
+ was updated the essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found any
+ more."
+ 
  $ ls -l /var/log/dist-upgrade/
  total 944K
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2010-05-19 12:32 20100519-1232
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2010-10-11 09:23 20101011-0923
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2011-04-28 13:43 20110428-1343
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2011-04-30 09:54 20110430-0954
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2011-05-01 10:08 20110501-1008
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2011-11-14 07:55 20111114-0755
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 535K 2011-11-14 07:55 apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  111 2011-11-14 07:57 apt.log
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.5K 2011-11-14 07:55 lspci.txt
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11K 2011-11-14 07:57 main.log
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 362K 2010-10-11 09:23 system_state.tar.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    0 2011-11-14 07:55 term.log

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Title:
  dist upgrade to 11.10 fails

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Upgrade halts with the error message, "After your package information
  was updated the essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found
  any more."

  $ ls -l /var/log/dist-upgrade/
  total 944K
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2010-05-19 12:32 20100519-1232
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2010-10-11 09:23 20101011-0923
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2011-04-28 13:43 20110428-1343
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2011-04-30 09:54 20110430-0954
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2011-05-01 10:08 20110501-1008
  drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2011-11-14 07:55 20111114-0755
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 535K 2011-11-14 07:55 apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  111 2011-11-14 07:57 apt.log
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.5K 2011-11-14 07:55 lspci.txt
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11K 2011-11-14 07:57 main.log
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 362K 2010-10-11 09:23 system_state.tar.gz
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    0 2011-11-14 07:55 term.log

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