Public bug reported: Tried to do an upgrade in "sandbox" mode using the -s option. It failed to set up the sandbox (though it didn't give a detailed error why). Same behavior with either do-release-upgrade or update-manager.
ubuntu-release-upgrader-core: Installed: 1:0.220.8 Candidate: 1:0.220.8 Version table: *** 1:0.220.8 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:0.220.2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.220.8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-66.74~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt22 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-66-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu Date: Thu Aug 18 12:43:51 2016 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-trusty-amd64-osp1-20150720-0 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-15 (125 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20150720-04:06 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2016-08-18 (0 days ago) VarLogDistupgradeTermlog: ** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614684 Title: can't use the sandbox (-s) option of do-release-upgrade / update- manager To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1614684/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs