I tested the gnuradio-dev test case from the bug description using the version of the dist-upgrader from -proposed and the calculation succeeded.
2021-04-01 10:05:24,173 INFO Using config files '['./DistUpgrade.cfg.bionic']' 2021-04-01 10:05:24,173 INFO uname information: 'Linux clean-bionic-amd64 5.4.0-70-generic #78~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Sat Mar 20 14:10:07 UTC 2021 x86_64' 2021-04-01 10:05:24,556 INFO apt version: '1.6.12ubuntu0.2' 2021-04-01 10:05:24,556 INFO python version: '3.6.9 (default, Jan 26 2021, 15:33:00) [GCC 8.4.0]' 2021-04-01 10:05:24,559 INFO release-upgrader version '20.04.31' started 2021-04-01 10:05:24,563 INFO locale: 'en_US' 'UTF-8' 2021-04-01 10:05:24,631 DEBUG Using 'DistUpgradeViewText' view 2021-04-01 10:05:24,671 DEBUG enable dpkg --force-overwrite 2021-04-01 10:05:24,697 DEBUG creating statefile: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz' -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1898152 Title: upgrade fails to calculate if gnuradio-dev is installed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1898152/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs