I also got this error when running "do-release-upgrade -d" (for a Hardy->Lucid upgrade).
At that point, my /etc/apt/sources.list had already been updated to point to Lucid. I tried starting up aptitude in interactive mode, and it immediately prompted me to resolve broken dependencies between libc6, locales, libc- bin, belocs-locales-bin, dpkg, and findutils. One of the suggested solutions was to remove belocs-locales-bin and upgrade or install all the other affected packages, which seemed like a reasonable solution. So I tried running a command line "aptitude install libc6"... but that resulted in the same "Could not perform immediate configuration" error, even though aptitude was planning to upgrade and/or install all the interdependent packages. After looking more closely at the dependencies, I noticed that the Lucid version of findutils actually depended on "dpkg (>= 1.15.14) | install- info" , so I figured it might avoid dependency loops with dpkg if I just instaled the install-info package . That comand completed without the "immediate configuration" error, and then I was able to install the Lucid version of findutils, again without error -- and then after that I was able to install the Lucid version of libc6 (and related package) successfully, too. I have attached a log of the terminal session in which I ran those commands (cut-and-pasted from the xterm scrollback buffer, and with a few blank lines added between each "aptitude install" command to make it easier to follow). I noticed that when I was done with all these steps, dpkg was still at the Hardy version... and also that the Lucid version of dpkg has a *Pre*-depends on "libc6 (>= 2.11)" -- presumably it's that pre- dependency that causes APT give up and abort with that "Internal Error". It does seem like this particular error message (which appears to come out of the libapt-pkg-libc*.so file) could do a better job at explaining what exactly was wrong and how to fix it.... but at the same time it seems like upgrade-manager/do-release-upgrade will need to do something to resolve this situation as well, in order to support the full range of Hardy -> Lucid upgrades.... ** Attachment added: ""aptitude install" logs" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40630489/ubuntu_lucid_upgrade_aptitude_installs.log -- Failed upgrade from hardy->lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/533638 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
