[Bug 878141] Re: E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

[Rick Weinberger]

I was upgrading to a new release of Ubuntu - 11.10 - but I don't know
how to add tags.  Here is 'distribution-upgrade' in a comment in the
hope that it is helpful.

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Title:
  E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be
  caused by held packages.

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

Bug description:
  When I click on Install Updates in Update Manager, I get this error message:
  """
  Could not calculate the upgrade

  An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

  Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
  'E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.'
  """
  Note that it fails at this step and does not install anything.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.150.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Oct 19 08:09:12 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  GConfNonDefault:
   /apps/update-manager/check_new_release_ignore=
   /apps/update-manager/first_run=false
   /apps/update-manager/window_size=(600,600)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-10-17 (1 days ago)

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