Public bug reported:
I have, or had, Ubuntu 7.04 Server 386 installed, with the ubuntu-desktop
installed over the top.
I attempted an online upgrade to 7.10.
I received numerous package errors, followed by the upgrade aborting with the
following message.
Please report this as a bug (if you haven't already) and include thefiles
/var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log and /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log in your
report. The upgrade aborts now.
Your original sources.list was saved in /etc/apt/sources.list.distUpgrade.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 86, in <module>
view.hideStep(STEP_REBOOT)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeControler.py",
line 664, in doPostUpgrade
# but as good as we can do currently + savety buffer
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeControler.py",
line 160, in openCache
self.forced_obsoletes = self.config.getlist("Distro","ForcedObsoletes")
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py", line
22, in __init__
class CacheException(Exception):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/cache.py", line 39, in __init__
""" Dictionary-like package cache
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/cache.py", line 52, in open
""" internal helper to run a callback """
SystemError: E:Malformed 3rd word in the Status line, E:Error occurred
while processing libc6 (UsePackage2), E:Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/dpkg/status, E:The package lists or status file could not be
parsed or opened.
I rebooted and now can log in but there is no desktop, just a blank blue
screen. I am now booting from another partition and have access to the
files suggested above as useful for diagnosis.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Upgrade to Gutsy fails - system unusable
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154754
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