[Bug 1186608] Re: The package 'lubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist.

[Sasa Paporovic]

That verifies that xscreensaver was the problem.

ubuntu-release-upgrader should be teached not to remove desktop-meta
packages for holding a software that is in the universe repository.

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xscreensaver resides in universe regarding to

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=xscreensaver&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

]

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** Summary changed:

- The package 'lubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist.
+ The package 'lubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist - hold universe packages makes deinstallation of desktop-metapackage

** Summary changed:

- The package 'lubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist - hold universe packages makes deinstallation of desktop-metapackage
+ The package 'lubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist - hold universe packages causes deinstallation of desktop-metapackage

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Title:
  The package 'lubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it is in the
  removal blacklist - hold universe packages causes deinstallation of
  desktop-metapackage

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Could not calculate the upgrade

  An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade:
  The package 'lubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist.

   This can be caused by:
   * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
   * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
   * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu

  This is most likely a transient problem, please try again later.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.192.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-23.34-generic 3.8.11
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Sat Jun  1 13:20:44 2013
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-25 (36 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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