I don't believe I can. After sending in this bug report I did a clean reinstall of ubuntu 20.04 and then cherry picked the files I wanted to transfer over from the HDD. I can say that neither my current configuration nor the backup has the files listed.
Best, Michael ________________________________ From: nore...@launchpad.net <nore...@launchpad.net> on behalf of Lucas Albuquerque Medeiros de Moura <1939...@bugs.launchpad.net> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2021 08:17 To: MICHAEL JEFFREY GERARD <mjgera...@wisc.edu> Subject: [Bug 1939951] Re: package ubuntu-advantage-tools 17 failed to install/upgrade: new ubuntu-advantage-tools package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Hi Michael, looking at this issue, it seems that the problem is being caused by by the preinst script. When inspecing the preinst script in the package, I have found this: ------------------ #!/bin/sh set -e # Automatically added by dh_installdeb/11.1.6ubuntu2 dpkg-maintscript-helper rm_conffile /etc/update-motd.d/99-esm 19.1~ ubuntu-advantage-tools -- "$@" # End automatically added section # Automatically added by dh_installdeb/11.1.6ubuntu2 dpkg-maintscript-helper rm_conffile /etc/update-motd.d/80-esm 19.1~ ubuntu-advantage-tools -- "$@" # End automatically added section # Automatically added by dh_installdeb/11.1.6ubuntu2 dpkg-maintscript-helper rm_conffile /etc/update-motd.d/80-livepatch 19.1~ ubuntu-advantage-tools -- "$@" # End automatically added section # Automatically added by dh_installdeb/11.1.6ubuntu2 dpkg-maintscript-helper rm_conffile /etc/cron.daily/ubuntu-advantage-tools 19.1~ ubuntu-advantage-tools -- "$@" # End automatically added section # Automatically added by dh_installdeb/11.1.6ubuntu2 dpkg-maintscript-helper rm_conffile /etc/init/ua-auto-attach.conf 20.2~ ubuntu-advantage-tools -- "$@" # End automatically added section ~ ------------------------------------------------- It is trying to remove some config files related to the package. Can you verify if you have any of those files in your system ? -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1939951 Title: package ubuntu-advantage-tools 17 failed to install/upgrade: new ubuntu-advantage-tools package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Status in ubuntu-advantage-tools package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I backed up my Ubuntu 18.04 system on an HDD, installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a new computer and then attempted to restore my file system from my backup. After rsyinc-ing, I attempted to give "sude apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y", which failed on both accounts. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ubuntu-advantage-tools 17 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-25.27~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.24 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Aug 14 09:26:34 2021 Dependencies: ErrorMessage: new ubuntu-advantage-tools package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-10-23 (660 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805) PackageArchitecture: all Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.9, python3-minimal, 3.6.7-1~18.04 PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.17, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1 RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3 apt 1.6.14 SourcePackage: ubuntu-advantage-tools Title: package ubuntu-advantage-tools 17 failed to install/upgrade: new ubuntu-advantage-tools package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2020-10-08 (309 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-advantage-tools/+bug/1939951/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1939951 Title: package ubuntu-advantage-tools 17 failed to install/upgrade: new ubuntu-advantage-tools package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-advantage-tools/+bug/1939951/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs