Public bug reported:
I'm running Xubuntu 7.10 amd64. I tried to use the cdromupgrade script
to upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04 (this is the way I usually upgrade). I
followed the instructions in the wiki. I was installing from the
Kubuntu alternate CD, because I decided I use more KDE things than any
other (I tend to be desktop-agnostic). I had xubuntu-desktop installed
before the upgrade. I opted not to grab updates from the web. It
complained about nvidia-glx-new, so I uninstalled that (I know, a
separate issue). Then it seemed happy and was ready to dist-upgrade.
However, as it was "calculating updates" (I think) two dialogs popped
up. They said something about programs crashing, then the cdromupgrade
abruptly quit. The programs that crashed were opera-plugin-wrapper and
convert (from ImageMagick). It is not surprising to me that these were
running at the time: I have a script that uses convert that runs
periodically, and I had Opera open. After that, cdromupgrade was
broken. My package manager was in a weird state (see below). I decided
to push through and did "aptitude dist-upgrade". It seems like it
worked, I'll report back if it didn't. I have attached /var/log/dist-
upgrade/main.log, which shows an unhandled exception, probably caused by
the "weird state" of the package manager. I could not install xubuntu-
desktop after the crash because aptitude said "there is no candidate
version."
I have done another successful upgrade (Xubuntu 7.10 -> Kubuntu 8.04)
using this method, on i386.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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gusty->hardy cdromupgrade breaks
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238745
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