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

[Fabio Marconi]

** Package changed: update-manager (Ubuntu) => ubuntu-release-upgrader
(Ubuntu)

** Description changed:

  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
+ 013-03-21 16:34:46,287 ERROR IOError/SystemError in cache.update(): 'W:GPG error: http://download.virtualbox.org lucid InRelease: Unknown error executing gpgv, W:GPG error: http://packages.medibuntu.org lucid InRelease: Unknown error executing gpgv, W:GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 6AF0E1940624A220, W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/webapps/preview/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found
+ , E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.'. Retrying (currentRetry: 0)
+ 2013-03-21 16:34:46,287 ERROR doUpdate() failed completely
+ 
+ 
+ ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: 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)
+  /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
+  LANGUAGE=en_US:en
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bashSourcePackage: update-manager
  VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Tags added: lucid2precise

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

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” 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.

  013-03-21 16:34:46,287 ERROR IOError/SystemError in cache.update(): 'W:GPG error: http://download.virtualbox.org lucid InRelease: Unknown error executing gpgv, W:GPG error: http://packages.medibuntu.org lucid InRelease: Unknown error executing gpgv, W:GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 6AF0E1940624A220, W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/webapps/preview/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found
  , E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.'. Retrying (currentRetry: 0)
  2013-03-21 16:34:46,287 ERROR doUpdate() failed completely


  ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: 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/bashSourcePackage: 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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