Note that this is fixed by creating the usr/lib32 directory. I think this upgrade not accounting for file structures before this usrmrge thing counts as a bug though.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to base-files in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2125816 Title: Installation failure when upgrading from 24.04 to 25.04 Status in base-files package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Current release: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS Basefiles version is: Installed: 13ubuntu10.3 Candidate: 13.6ubuntu2 Thread about this bug here: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/may-have- found-a-upgrade-issue/58642. According to someone in that thread, upgrading from 24.04 to 25.04 should be supported now. When I tried to upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04, it gave me some installation errors. Running apt-get upgrade returns: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following packages have unmet dependencies: dbus : Depends: base-files (>= 13.4~) libc6 : Breaks: base-files (< 13.3~) Breaks: base-files:i386 (< 13.3~) libc6:i386 : Breaks: base-files (< 13.3~) Breaks: base-files:i386 (< 13.3~) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Running apt --fix-broken install returns: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preparing to unpack .../base-files_13.6ubuntu2_amd64.deb ... ****************************************************************************** * * The base-files package cannot be installed because * /lib32 is a dangling symbolic link. * * This is an unexpected situation. Cannot proceed with the upgrade. * * For more information please read https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge. * ****************************************************************************** dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_13.6ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack): new base-files package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 motd-news.service is a disabled or a static unit not running, not starting it. Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_13.6ubuntu2_amd64.deb ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What I expected to happen: apt-get upgrade runs without errors. What happened instead: The above error. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/2125816/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

