[Bug 1367469] [NEW] tried to do-release-upgrade after it was announced. not sure where to investigate. I'm on LTS only and this is a headless server... old hw though, but it does the job usually

[Matt Fasola]

Public bug reported:

- headless server
- runs on 12.04.4 LTS
- has been running fine since 08.04 LTS
- tried do-release-upgrade
- exited with error
- don't know yet where to investigate

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
Release:	12.04

$ apt-cache policy update-manager
update-manager:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1:0.156.14.17
  Version table:
     1:0.156.14.17 0
        500 http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main i386 Packages
     1:0.156.14.5 0
        500 http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/ubuntu/ precise-security/main i386 Packages
     1:0.156.14 0
        500 http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages

Calculating the changes

Could not calculate the upgrade

An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

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 

If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the 
command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. 


Restoring original system state

Aborting
Reading package lists... Done    
Building dependency tree          
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done 
=== Command detached from window (Tue Sep  9 23:45:59 2014) ===
=== Command terminated with exit status 1 (Tue Sep  9 23:45:59 2014) ===

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-manager (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-37.58-generic 3.2.35
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-37-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.7
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 10 00:09:18 2014
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2014-09-09 (0 days ago)

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


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

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Title:
  tried to do-release-upgrade after it was announced. not sure where to
  investigate. I'm on LTS only and this is a headless server... old hw
  though, but it does the job usually

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

Bug description:
  - headless server
  - runs on 12.04.4 LTS
  - has been running fine since 08.04 LTS
  - tried do-release-upgrade
  - exited with error
  - don't know yet where to investigate

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
  Release:	12.04

  $ apt-cache policy update-manager
  update-manager:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 1:0.156.14.17
    Version table:
       1:0.156.14.17 0
          500 http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main i386 Packages
       1:0.156.14.5 0
          500 http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/ubuntu/ precise-security/main i386 Packages
       1:0.156.14 0
          500 http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages

  Calculating the changes

  Could not calculate the upgrade

  An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

  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 

  If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the 
  command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. 

  
  Restoring original system state

  Aborting
  Reading package lists... Done    
  Building dependency tree          
  Reading state information... Done
  Building data structures... Done 
  === Command detached from window (Tue Sep  9 23:45:59 2014) ===
  === Command terminated with exit status 1 (Tue Sep  9 23:45:59 2014) ===

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-manager (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-37.58-generic 3.2.35
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-37-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.7
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Sep 10 00:09:18 2014
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=screen
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2014-09-09 (0 days ago)

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