[Bug 1987221] Re: dist-upgrade to 22.04 fails

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

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

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Title:
  dist-upgrade to 22.04 fails

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

Bug description:
  dist-upgrade  to 22.04 fails with some errors

  In main.log we see:
  ...
  2022-08-21 18:33:43,685 DEBUG Comparing 5.4.0-124 with 5.15.0-46
  2022-08-21 18:33:43,778 DEBUG Marking 'ubuntu-desktop' for upgrade
  2022-08-21 18:33:44,060 WARNING Can't mark 'ubuntu-desktop' for upgrade (E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.)
  2022-08-21 18:33:44,060 DEBUG Marking 'ubuntu-gnome-desktop' for upgrade
  2022-08-21 18:33:44,341 WARNING Can't mark 'ubuntu-gnome-desktop' for upgrade (E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.)
  2022-08-21 18:34:09,234 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'Broken packages after upgrade: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop'
  2022-08-21 18:34:09,250 DEBUG abort called

  
  there are no held packages or partial installs afaik.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.04.38
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-124.140-generic 5.4.195
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-124-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.24
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sun Aug 21 20:57:03 2022
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-18 (2193 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2022-08-21 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:
   
  mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2022-08-06T12:08:22.757492

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