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ubuntu-release-upgrader package

Upgrade 18.04 to 20.04 fails

Bug #1907106 reported by Niels Duelund
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Bug Description

Installation breaks.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.41
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-126.129-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-126-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.20
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Mon Dec 7 15:01:51 2020
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-25 (1078 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2020-12-07 (0 days ago)

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Niels Duelund (niels27) wrote :
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Niels Duelund (niels27) wrote :

It seems, that the installer thinks I'm on 17.10, while this is really 18.04
This is seen in os-release:
cat /etc/os-release
   NAME="Ubuntu"
   VERSION="18.04.5 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
   ID=ubuntu
   ID_LIKE=debian
   PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS"
   VERSION_ID="18.04"
   HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
   SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
   BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
   PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
   VERSION_CODENAME=bionic
   UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic

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Niels Duelund (niels27) wrote :

dmesg was not included in the bug report.
I now add it

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1886748, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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