[Bug 1068657] Re: ubiquity upgrade failed to restore applications without internet access

[Maxime R.]

Thanks for the clarification.

Concerning the internet connection :
- the laptop was connected to the internet
- at this step: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall#Preparing_to_install_Ubuntu I did *not* check the "download updates while installing"
- I selected "upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10" at the next step

Did not know about apt-clone, interesting stuff, I found the install log in /var/log/installer. It's currently hosted there:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/97yl29hg8eubxoo/n2gwP5tb1L/var-log-installer
Seems like I recovered the package list of my old setup :)

The bug was captured at the end of syslog:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/1290455/

Included attachement is the apport file of ubiquity.

** Attachment added: "using: apport-cli -f -p ubiquity --save bug-ubiquity.apport"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1068657/+attachment/3405005/+files/bug-ubiquity.apport

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Title:
  ubiquity upgrade failed to restore applications without internet
  access

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I downloaded the desktop iso via bitorrent to upgrade my up-to-date
  12.04.1 setup to 12.10.

  I explained the process here : http://askubuntu.com/q/202694/7567
  Basically, I did the following  :

  - booted on ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64.iso 
  - launched the installer (double click on desktop)
  - selected "upgrade existing 12.04 install to 12.10"
  - I did not select "connect to internet" during the install in order to speed up the process, planning to do an apt-get update/upgrade after the reboot.

  Result :

  - I was asked to select my timezone & keyboard layout (those are already defined in the existing install)
  - I was asked to create a new user: I gave my existing username & password (but that started to be puzzled)
  - Install went fine till the end
  - At the end Ubuntu told me having issues to "restore existing apps" and that I may need to reinstall some of them. The non-resizeable 2-lines terminal did not allow me to see what really happened. Sorry not to have collected more details about what seemed a small issue at that time.
  - reboot

  Then things gone wild, at that time I did not know that almost everything that wasn't in /home was overwritten with default values:
  - /etc/default/grub was overwritten & I rebooted directly without asking the 3.6 kernel that I had installed to test some weeks ago
  - no touchpad, usb mouse not recognized, X wasn't using the intel driver
  - apt-get only knows linux-image-3.5.0-ubuntu although kernel 3.2, 3.5.0-ubuntu, 3.5.5 and 3.6 are installed and bootable.
  - Ctrl+alt+T, tried to edit /etc/default/grub, vim is no longer installed. 
  - rebooted on the stock ubuntu kernel with sane options. Mouse & display are okay.

  FWIW:
  - almost every non-default program was wiped out: vim, git, tmux, chrome, chromium, dropbox, postgresql, etc.
  - postgresql roles and databases were wiped out !
  - all logs were wiped out, as stated in the bug informations, there are no logs because it's "probably a fresh install" except it ain't.

  My impression is that all this mess shouldn't have happened in the first place, when I 
  do an upgrade, I do an upgrade,  not a wipe-everything-out-and-maybe-try-to-restore-what-was-there-before.

  The main reason I went this way is that in my experience the normal
  process is awfully slow and has to be completed in one step compared
  to the (normally)  straightforward download-iso-via-bittorrent /
  release-upgrade / reboot / update&upgrade.

  Hope my feedback helps, no critical information was lost and now that
  I started to reinstall what I need to work, it's running fine.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.190.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Oct 19 15:10:39 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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