[Bug 1887243] Re: Distribution upgrade was a fucking disaster

[teo1978]

And here's the error from the Software Updater, or Update Manager, or
whatever it's called, the one whose icon is an A with circling arrows
around it (and a misleading progress indicator)

** Attachment added: "AA3.png"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1887243/+attachment/5391717/+files/AA3.png

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Title:
  Distribution upgrade was a fucking disaster

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

Bug description:
  I dist-upgraded from 16.04 to 18.04 through the GUI, following all the
  steps that were given on screen.

  Almost at the end of the process this error occurred (see screenshot
  1)

  (wait a moment, I can't attach more than one file to the bug report?
  I'll have to attach them later. This bug tracker is so shitty)

  Then, I don't know whether related or not, this one: (screenshot 2)

  "The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state.
  A RECOVERY WILL RUN NOW (dpkg -configure -a)"
  (emphasys added)

  I expected the mentioned recovery to run. By run I mean I expected to
  get news about it. Like: did the recovery go well? What the fuck am I
  supposed to do?

  Nothing. I don't know whether the supposed "recovery" was run in a
  fraction of a second in the background silently, or if it wasn't, but
  I was left with no instructions whatsoever about what to do next.

  It's bad enough that the error occurred in the first place. "your
  system could be in an unusable state". That's unacceptable. But then
  you have to tell me what the fuck I am supposed to do about it.


  So then I restarted the system and ran Update Manager (not sure that's
  the name, the thing that usually shows up automatically to install
  every-day updates).

  This showed this other message...

  (ok wait, let me minimize all my windows one by one manually to look
  for the screenshot, because another brilliant feature of 18.10 is that
  the fucking shortcut to show desktop no longer exist, or has been
  changed to something undiscoverable)

  Well it seems this one got lost. Anyway, it said that some upgrade
  couldn't be installed or something, and that I could attempt a
  "partial upgrade". I chose yes.

  
  That process completed. It told me that the partial upgrade (whatever the fuck it is) was completed succesfully. I restarted a bunch of times.

  I ran the same Update Manager a few times in the hope that it would
  show me the option to upgrade to 20.04, but it always comes back with
  this  "partial upgrade" bullshit. It always does the whole thing
  (getting new packages, installing the upgrades, cleaning up), always
  ends with what looks like a confirmation of succesful completion, and
  then the next time it does the same again.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.37
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-109.110-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-109-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.15
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sat Jul 11 19:38:42 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (2465 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: dist-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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