[Bug 1969421] Re: 21.10 to 22.04 upgrade- package dpkg 1.21.1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade

2022-04-25 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1969421 Title:

[Bug 1969421] Re: 21.10 to 22.04 upgrade- package dpkg 1.21.1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade

2022-04-19 Thread Mike
Ok I figured it out. You can close this ticket unless you think others might encounter the same issue. I must have followed instructions like at https://wiki.aleen42.com/qa/dpkg.html to rename /var/lib/dpkg/info to /var/lib/dpkg/info.bak, and it was choking on the directory because head can't