[Bug 1907652] Re: postgresql packages in the removal blacklist making it hard to upgrade

[Bo Guo]

It has been over a year and half since the bug is reported and
confirmed.  Any progress?  The bug holds us back on upgrading a few
PostgreSQL/Postgis servers.

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Title:
   postgresql packages in the removal blacklist making it hard to
  upgrade

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  PostGIS and PGRouting are in the removal blacklist, making it hard to
  upgrade from 18.04 LTS to 20.04 LTS

  
  dist-upgrade main.log:

  2020-12-10 11:51:35,686 DEBUG blacklist expr '^postgresql-.*[0-9]\.[0-9].*' matches 'postgresql-10-postgis-2.4'
  2020-12-10 11:51:35,686 DEBUG The package 'postgresql-10-postgis-2.4' is marked for removal but it's in the removal blacklist
  2020-12-10 11:51:50,878 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'The package 'postgresql-10-postgis-2.4' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist.'
  2020-12-10 11:51:50,885 DEBUG abort called
  2020-12-10 11:51:50,887 DEBUG openCache()
  2020-12-10 11:51:53,377 DEBUG Comparing 4.15.0-126 with 
  2020-12-10 11:51:53,381 DEBUG Comparing 5.3.0-61 with 4.15.0-126
  2020-12-10 11:51:53,382 DEBUG Comparing 5.4.0-54 with 5.3.0-61
  2020-12-10 11:51:53,382 DEBUG Comparing 5.4.0-56 with 5.4.0-54
  2020-12-10 11:51:53,596 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 100643

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