Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: update-manager
I updated 3 computers from Ubuntu Gutsy to Ubuntu Hardy.
Using update-manager, within Gnome, as you "suggest" to do, it is an
insane idea.
The first computers I did, I got everything crashing in Gnome crashes,
everything was stuck, CPU was used new to 100%, and computer was very slow,
since it definitively crashed the X session .... but that was obvious: it's
like cutting the branch where you're sitting.
If you upgrade Gnome, running inside gnome it can't work (I imagine it would be
the same with KDE)!
I think the concept behind this upgrade is completely wrong. You should
force this kind of update outside gnome (for instance in the failsafe
terminal session). you put a message: please logout, enter the failsafe
session, and then type "sudo update-manager"
I updated the remaining 2 computers from fluxbox, and the upgrade
proceeded smoothly! :o)
Even the idea of using pygtk is not the best one. If update-manager
hangs, you can't restart it (at least before running: dpkg --configure
-a, or before reinstalling python, depending where you update stopped).
I think you have to use some interface statically compiled, without any
link to libraries.
cheers.
** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Release upgrade procedure "sucks" (from Gutsy to Hardy)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223542
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