Public bug reported: Trying to do a dist upgrade from 12.04 LTS to 12.10 fails with the error "E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages."
Checking for broken packages in 12.04 LTS however shows that there are none. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Oct 26 12:45:39 2012 GsettingsChanges: com.ubuntu.update-manager check-new-release-ignore 'natty' com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1351245838 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 518 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: update-manager Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-10-26 (0 days ago) VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz' ** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug dist-upgrade i386 precise ** Attachment added: "apt.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1071724/+attachment/3414274/+files/apt.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1071724 Title: Dist upgrade from 12.04 LTS to 12.10 fails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1071724/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs