[Bug 1186608] Re: The package 'lubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist - hold universe packages causes deinstallation of desktop-metapackage

[Brian Murray]

The problem was actually more likely due to having gnome-power-manager
installed from the gnome3 ppa.

Starting 2
Investigating (0) ubuntu-desktop [ amd64 ] < 1.299 > ( metapackages )
Broken ubuntu-desktop:amd64 Depends on gnome-power-manager [ amd64 ] < 3.8.2-0ubuntu1~raring1 > ( gnome )
  Considering gnome-power-manager:amd64 3 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop:amd64 10000
  Added gnome-power-manager:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-desktop:amd64 via keep of gnome-power-manager:amd64
Investigating (1) ubuntu-desktop [ amd64 ] < 1.299 > ( metapackages )
Broken ubuntu-desktop:amd64 Depends on gnome-power-manager [ amd64 ] < 3.8.2-0ubuntu1~raring1 > ( gnome )
  Considering gnome-power-manager:amd64 3 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop:amd64 10000
  Added gnome-power-manager:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-desktop:amd64 via keep of gnome-power-manager:amd64
Investigating (2) ubuntu-desktop [ amd64 ] < 1.299 > ( metapackages )
Broken ubuntu-desktop:amd64 Depends on gnome-power-manager [ amd64 ] < 3.8.2-0ubuntu1~raring1 > ( gnome )
  Considering gnome-power-manager:amd64 3 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop:amd64 10000
  Added gnome-power-manager:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing ubuntu-desktop:amd64 via keep of gnome-power-manager:amd64
Investigating (3) ubuntu-desktop [ amd64 ] < 1.299 > ( metapackages )
Broken ubuntu-desktop:amd64 Depends on gnome-power-manager [ amd64 ] < 3.8.2-0ubuntu1~raring1 > ( gnome )
  Considering gnome-power-manager:amd64 10000 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop:amd64 10000
  Considering gnome-power-manager:amd64 10000 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop:amd64 10000
Done
ERROR:root:failed to mark 'ubuntu-desktop' for install (E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.)


** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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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:
  Invalid

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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