[Bug 1573513] [NEW] Upgrade to 16.04 failed to complete: dependency errors

[Matthias Niess]

Public bug reported:

After the download, when packages where being installed/upgraded, the
process stopped with an error message that systemd-sysv could  not be
upgraded due to dependency errors and will remain unconfigured.

This error appeared again for dozens of other packages (many systemd,
gvfs and Gnome packages).

Before the cleanup-phase the upgrader exited with an error. The install
could easily be fixed with:

dpkg --configure -a # to configure unconfigured packages
apt-get dist-upgrade # to complete the upgrade

The only package that was not upgraded was in fact systemd-sysv. Looking
through the news on Reddit and HN, other users seem to have the same or
at least very similar problems.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Apr 22 12:01:00 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-11 (772 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64+mac (20140302)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-21 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade wily2xenial xenial

** Tags added: wily2xenial

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Title:
  Upgrade to 16.04 failed to complete: dependency errors

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After the download, when packages where being installed/upgraded, the
  process stopped with an error message that systemd-sysv could  not be
  upgraded due to dependency errors and will remain unconfigured.

  This error appeared again for dozens of other packages (many systemd,
  gvfs and Gnome packages).

  Before the cleanup-phase the upgrader exited with an error. The
  install could easily be fixed with:

  dpkg --configure -a # to configure unconfigured packages
  apt-get dist-upgrade # to complete the upgrade

  The only package that was not upgraded was in fact systemd-sysv.
  Looking through the news on Reddit and HN, other users seem to have
  the same or at least very similar problems.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.12
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Apr 22 12:01:00 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-11 (772 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64+mac (20140302)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-21 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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