[Bug 1298704] Re: ubiquity crashed at file copy stage

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot]

Exception during installation:
Mar 28 00:09:30 cruzer-fit /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 28 00:09:30 cruzer-fit /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1780, in <module>
Mar 28 00:09:30 cruzer-fit /plugininstall.py:     install.run()
Mar 28 00:09:30 cruzer-fit /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 78, in wrapper
Mar 28 00:09:30 cruzer-fit /plugininstall.py:     func(self)
Mar 28 00:09:30 cruzer-fit /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 192, in run
Mar 28 00:09:30 cruzer-fit /plugininstall.py:     self.configure_python()
Mar 28 00:09:30 cruzer-fit /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 346, in configure_python
Mar 28 00:09:30 cruzer-fit /plugininstall.py:     cache = Cache()
Mar 28 00:09:30 cruzer-fit /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 103, in __init__
Mar 28 00:09:30 cruzer-fit /plugininstall.py:     self.open(progress)
Mar 28 00:09:30 cruzer-fit /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 148, in open
Mar 28 00:09:30 cruzer-fit /plugininstall.py:     self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
Mar 28 00:09:30 cruzer-fit /plugininstall.py: SystemError: W:Unable to read /target/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ - DirectoryExists (2: No such file or directory), W:Unable to read /target/etc/apt/sources.list - RealFileExists (2: No such file or directory), E:Could not open file /target/var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Mar 28 00:09:30 cruzer-fit /plugininstall.py: 


** Tags added: installer-crash

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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Title:
  ubiquity crashed at file copy stage

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Using ubiquity from an existing installation (14.04 alpha) to install
  14.04 to a blank HDD.

  Ubuqity crashed early in the last step of copying the files to the
  target disk. No non-generated files copied. Here is the FS tree in
  /target:

  $ sudo  find /target/
  /target/
  /target/lost+found
  /target/media
  /target/boot
  /target/boot/lost+found
  /target/etc
  /target/etc/fstab
  /target/var
  /target/var/cache
  /target/var/cache/apt
  /target/var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin
  /target/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin
  /target/var/cache/apt/archives

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)
  Release:	14.04

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.17.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-14.34-generic 3.13.5
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-14-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Fri Mar 28 00:09:59 2014
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-14-generic root=UUID=aad48e48-262b-468c-a19f-2d946f267e66 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-02-13 (42 days ago)

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