I still think the update-manager should warn you about the reason it failed to upgrade your system...
** Summary changed: - upgrade from feisty to gutsy fails + version upgrade fails without a warning if a package is kept ** Description changed: - Binary package hint: update-manager + As the title says: if a package is kept, the version upgrade process + (both through the update-manager gui and from do-release-upgrade) fails + without providing the user with any useful explanation... - I initially tried upgrading from feisty to gutsy (running amd64) the - easy way via the update notifier, which failed without any useful error - messages. I then tried it again from the command line via aptitude - hoping to get some more useful information, but it only got me: - - # do-release-upgrade - Checking for a new ubuntu release - Done Upgrade tool signature - Done Upgrade tool - Done downloading - extracting '/tmp/tmpAwENSE/gutsy.tar.gz' - authenticate '/tmp/tmpAwENSE/gutsy.tar.gz' against '/tmp/tmpAwENSE/gutsy.tar.gz.gpg' - - Reading cache - - Checking package manager - Reading package lists: Done - Reading state information: Done - Reading state information: Done - Reading state information: Done - Done http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty Release.gpg - Done http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates Release.gpg - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty Release - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates Release - Done http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty Release - Done http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates Release - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/restricted Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Sources - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/restricted Sources - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/multiverse Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Sources - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/multiverse Sources - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Sources - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Sources - Done http://c.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports Release.gpg - Done http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security Release.gpg - Hit http://c.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports Release - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security Release - Done http://c.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports Release - Done http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security Release - Hit http://c.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports/main/debian-installer Packages - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/main Packages - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/restricted Packages - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/main Sources - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/restricted Sources - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/universe Packages - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/multiverse Packages - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/universe Sources - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/multiverse Sources - Done downloading - Reading package lists: Done feisty-backports/main/debian-installer Packages: 93 - Reading state information: Done - Reading state information: Done - Reading state information: Done - Done http://c.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports/main/debian-installer release-upgrader-dpkg 1.14.5ubuntu11.2 - Done http://c.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports/main/debian-installer release-upgrader-apt 0.6.46.4ubuntu10.3 - Done downloading - - Reading cache - - Checking package manager - Reading package lists: Done - Reading state information: Done - Reading state information: Done - Reading state information: Done - Done http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty Release.gpg - Done http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates Release.gpg - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty Release - Done http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty Release - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates Release - Done http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates Release - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/restricted Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Sources - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/restricted Sources - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/multiverse Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Sources - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/multiverse Sources - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Sources - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Sources - Done http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security Release.gpg - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security Release - Done http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security Release - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/main Packages - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/restricted Packages - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/main Sources - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/restricted Sources - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/universe Packages - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/multiverse Packages - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/universe Sources - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/multiverse Sources - Done downloading - - Updating repository information - Done http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg - Done http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release.gpg - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release - Done http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release - Done http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Sources - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Sources - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Sources - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Sources - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Packages - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Sources - Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Sources - Done http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security Release.gpg - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security Release - Done http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security Release - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Packages - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Packages - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Sources - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Sources - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Packages - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Packages - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Sources - Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Sources - Done downloading - - Checking package manager - Reading package lists: Donegutsy-security/multiverse Packages: 93 - Reading state information: Done - Reading state information: Done - Reading state information: Done - - Asking for confirmation - - Support for some applications ended - Canonical Ltd. no longer provides support for the following software packages. You can still get support from the community. - - If you have not enabled community maintained software (universe), these packages will be suggested for removal at the end of the upgrade. - binfmt-support - emacs21 - emacs21-bin-common - emacs21-common - feisty-session-splashes - festlex-cmu - festlex-poslex - festvox-kallpc16k - gcj-4.1-base - gij-4.1 - gnome-cups-manager - gxine - libdb3 - libevms-2.5 - libgcj7-jar - libgda2-3 - libgda2-common - libglib1.2 - libgnomecupsui1.0-1c2a - libgtk1.2 - libgtk1.2-common - liblzo1 - libportaudio0 - libslab0 - libstlport5.1 - libttf2 - libxmlsec1 - libxmlsec1-nss - libxmlsec1-openssl - openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev - pmount - rcs - ttf-baekmuk - vnc-common - xmms - xvncviewer - - Restoring original system state - - Aborting - Reading package lists: Donefeisty-security/multiverse Packages: 93 - Reading state information: Done - Reading state information: Done - Reading state information: Done - - - again, without really telling me much. Poking around in /usr/share/update-manager similarly didn't turn up anything of note (I can attach all the files if this will help). There was a reported bug with evms for upgrades in a related bug report, but uninstalling this had no effect. - - Any ideas what is going on? - - - Tim + Instead, you should get something like: + "Package xyz is kept back on your system, which makes a version upgrade impossible. Please unlock this package and start the upgrade process again." ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- version upgrade fails without a warning if a package is kept https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188797 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
