Public bug reported:
I am upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10. In the "Installing the upgrades"
step, the upgrade fails with "Could not install the upgrades. The
upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state." The
errors show up in the distribution upgrade UI as:
E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2), E:Sub-process
/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2), ... (repeated many times)
/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-term.log shows a slightly more specific error
(many times):
dpkg: error: configuration error: /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch:1:
unknown option 'foreign-architecture'
I attempted to remove 'user installed' packages in synaptic, but synaptic fails
with the same dpkg error. Loading update manager, I receive this error in the
UI:
Could not calculate the upgrade
An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the
following error message:
'E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by
held packages.'
/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log has
...
Installing gir1.2-rb-3.0 as Depends of rhythmbox-plugins
Installing distro-info as Depends of ubuntu-dev-tools
new important dependency: python-mmkeys
Installing python-mmkeys as Recommends of quodlibet
Installing gtk3-engines-unico as Depends of light-themes
Installing gir1.2-cogl-1.0 as Depends of gir1.2-clutter-1.0
Installing gir1.2-json-1.0 as Depends of gir1.2-clutter-1.0
Installing libexporter-lite-perl as Depends of libparse-debcontrol-perl
new important dependency: libgphoto2-l10n
Installing libgphoto2-l10n as Recommends of libgphoto2-2
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating (0) python2.7 [ amd64 ] < 2.7.1-5ubuntu2 -> 2.7.2-5ubuntu1 > (
python )
Broken python2.7:amd64 Conflicts on python-profiler [ amd64 ] < 2.6.6-0ubuntu1
> ( multiverse/python ) (<= 2.7.1-2)
Considering python-profiler:amd64 0 as a solution to python2.7:amd64 1161
Added python-profiler:amd64 to the remove list
Fixing python2.7:amd64 via remove of python-profiler:amd64
Investigating (0) libdbusmenu-glib4 [ amd64 ] < none -> 0.5.0-0ubuntu3 > ( libs
)
Broken libdbusmenu-glib4:amd64 Breaks on gir1.2-unity-3.0 [ amd64 ] <
3.8.4-0ubuntu1 > ( libs ) (< 3.8.4-0ubuntu2)
Considering gir1.2-unity-3.0:amd64 5 as a solution to libdbusmenu-glib4:amd64
85
Added gir1.2-unity-3.0:amd64 to the remove list
Fixing libdbusmenu-glib4:amd64 via remove of gir1.2-unity-3.0:amd64
Investigating (0) gvfs [ amd64 ] < 1.8.0-0ubuntu3 -> 1.10.0-0ubuntu1 > ( libs )
Broken gvfs:amd64 Conflicts on libgvfscommon0 [ amd64 ] < 1.8.0-0ubuntu3 > (
libs )
Considering libgvfscommon0:amd64 -1 as a solution to gvfs:amd64 75
Added libgvfscommon0:amd64 to the remove list
Fixing gvfs:amd64 via remove of libgvfscommon0:amd64
Investigating (0) libjack-jackd2-0 [ amd64 ] < none -> 1.9.7~dfsg-1ubuntu2 > (
libs )
...
Investigating (2) libpulse-browse0 [ amd64 ] <
1:0.9.22+stable-queue-24-g67d18-0ubuntu3.1 > ( sound )
Broken libpulse-browse0:amd64 Depends on libpulse0 [ amd64 ] <
1:0.9.22+stable-queue-24-g67d18-0ubuntu3.1 -> 1:1.0-0ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (=
1:0.9.22+stable-queue-24-g67d18-0ubuntu3.1)
Considering libpulse0:amd64 119 as a solution to libpulse-browse0:amd64 5
Removing libpulse-browse0:amd64 rather than change libpulse0:amd64
Try to Re-Instate (2) flashplugin-installer:amd64
Investigating (3) indicator-applet [ amd64 ] < 0.4.12-0ubuntu1 > ( gnome )
Broken indicator-applet:amd64 Depends on gnome-panel [ amd64 ] <
1:2.32.1-0ubuntu6.5 -> 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu1 > ( universe/gnome )
Considering gnome-panel:amd64 20 as a solution to indicator-applet:amd64 20
Removing indicator-applet:amd64 rather than change gnome-panel:amd64
Investigating (3) padevchooser [ amd64 ] < 0.9.3-2ubuntu4 > ( sound )
Broken padevchooser:amd64 Depends on libpulse-browse0 [ amd64 ] <
1:0.9.22+stable-queue-24-g67d18-0ubuntu3.1 > ( sound ) (>= 0.9.8)
Considering libpulse-browse0:amd64 119 as a solution to padevchooser:amd64 5
Removing padevchooser:amd64 rather than change libpulse-browse0:amd64
Done
dpkg: error: configuration error: /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch:1: unknown
option 'foreign-architecture'
.: 19: Can't open base-installer/kernel/.sh
Installing evince as Depends of ubuntu-desktop
Setting NOT as auto-installed (direct Depends of pkg in
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections)
Installing libevince3-3 as Depends of evince
(end of log)
I would like to complete the upgrade to 11.10 without errors. Any
suggestions?
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To reproduce use a clean install of Ubuntu 11.04 fully patched. Then do
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ondrej/redmine
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dpkg dpkg-dev libdpkg-perl redmine
Then run the Update Manager and attempt upgrade to 11.10 it then fails
with the same errors as reported above.
To fix the problem do the following:
sudo rm /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch
sudo apt-get install dpkg=1.16.0.3ubuntu5
Run the Update Manager again and then the upgrade commenced.
** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Fix Released
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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Upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10 fails when using dpkg-1.16.1~natty+1
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