I have just completed the upgrade during which I simply closed the
erroneous window and allowed the upgrader to proceed. All went well,
upgrade completed successfully.
Messages in the log:
bruce@corunastylis:~$ grep "failed to mark" /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log
2025-05-17 09:28:42,522 ERROR failed to mark '' for install ("The cache
has no package named ''")
2025-05-17 09:32:32,507 ERROR failed to mark '' for install ("The cache
has no package named ''")
bruce@corunastylis:~$ grep "need_server_mode" /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log
2025-05-17 09:27:55,500 DEBUG need_server_mode(): run in 'desktop' mode,
(because of key deps for '')
2025-05-17 09:32:32,465 DEBUG need_server_mode(): run in 'desktop' mode,
(because of key deps for '')
bruce@corunastylis:~$
Thanks for verifying that the message was harmless!!!! Appreciated!!!
Cheers
On 17/5/25 02:21, Nick Rosbrook wrote:
> I tested the fix using ubuntu-release-upgrader from plucky-proposed:
>
> ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt policy ubuntu-desktop-minimal ubuntu-desktop
> ubuntu-desktop-minimal:
> Installed: 1.543
> Candidate: 1.543
> Version table:
> *** 1.543 500
> 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular/main amd64 Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> ubuntu-desktop:
> Installed: (none)
> Candidate: 1.543
> Version table:
> 1.543 500
> 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular/main amd64 Packages
> ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ do-release-upgrade --proposed -f DistUpgradeViewGtk3
> [...]
>
> At no point did the error window pop up. After the upgrade:
>
> ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ grep "failed to mark" /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log
> ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ grep "need_server_mode" /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log
>
> So, no problematic errors were seen.
>
>
> ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-plucky
> ** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-plucky
>
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