[Bug 1158210] [NEW] can't upgrade from 10.04 to 12.04.2, "could not calculate the upgrade"

[kent smith]

Public bug reported:

problem may be in the update manager (?)

"Could not calculate the upgrade" error when trying to upgrade from
10.04 to 12.04.2

via 'apt-cache policy pkgname':  responded, "unable to locate package
pkgname"

I expected to upgrade to 12.04.2
Instead it failed during "Setting new software channels" in the upgrade.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.134.12.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-45.104-generic-pae 2.6.32.60+drm33.26
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-45-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Mar 21 16:37:10 2013
GConfNonDefault:
 /apps/update-manager/check_new_release_ignore=
 /apps/update-manager/first_run=false
 /apps/update-manager/show_versions=false
 /apps/update-manager/window_size=(600,600)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110211.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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


** Tags: apport-bug dist-upgrade i386 lucid

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Title:
  can't upgrade from 10.04 to 12.04.2, "could not calculate the upgrade"

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

Bug description:
  problem may be in the update manager (?)

  "Could not calculate the upgrade" error when trying to upgrade from
  10.04 to 12.04.2

  via 'apt-cache policy pkgname':  responded, "unable to locate package
  pkgname"

  I expected to upgrade to 12.04.2
  Instead it failed during "Setting new software channels" in the upgrade.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.134.12.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-45.104-generic-pae 2.6.32.60+drm33.26
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-45-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Mar 21 16:37:10 2013
  GConfNonDefault:
   /apps/update-manager/check_new_release_ignore=
   /apps/update-manager/first_run=false
   /apps/update-manager/show_versions=false
   /apps/update-manager/window_size=(600,600)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110211.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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