[Bug 944452] [NEW] Essential packages will be removed "lzma (due to dpkg)" when doing dist-upgrade

[Brett Glasson]

Public bug reported:

When doing dist-upgrade from (fully patched) 10.04 LTS x64 "Lucid" to
12.04 LTS x64 "Precise" (beta1) you are warned;

WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
  lzma (due to dpkg)


I should note that the actual steps I followed from 10.04 were;

source set to "lucid"
upgrade
dist-upgrade
change sources to "precise"
upgrade
dist-upgrade

** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

-  When doing dist-upgrade from (fully patched) 10.04 LTS x64 "Lucid" to
+ When doing dist-upgrade from (fully patched) 10.04 LTS x64 "Lucid" to
  12.04 LTS x64 "Precise" (beta1) you are warned;
  
- <code>WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
+ WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
  This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
-   lzma (due to dpkg)</code>
+   lzma (due to dpkg)

** Summary changed:

- Essential packages will be removedlzma (due to dpkg) when doing dist-upgrade
+ Essential packages will be removed "lzma (due to dpkg)" when doing dist-upgrade

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Title:
  Essential packages will be removed "lzma (due to dpkg)" when doing
  dist-upgrade

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When doing dist-upgrade from (fully patched) 10.04 LTS x64 "Lucid" to
  12.04 LTS x64 "Precise" (beta1) you are warned;

  WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
  This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
    lzma (due to dpkg)

  
  I should note that the actual steps I followed from 10.04 were;

  source set to "lucid"
  upgrade
  dist-upgrade
  change sources to "precise"
  upgrade
  dist-upgrade

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