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ubuntu-release-upgrader package

Ubuntu 16.04 on powerpc offered to upgrade to 18.04

Bug #1790202 reported by geppo61
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This bug affects 22 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
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Bug Description

After the last update, the system ask me to upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 which (to my knowledge) is not exists for PowerPC 32 or 64bit Big Endian (I have a PowerMac G5 Quad Core).

What the hell is happening?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.25
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-134.160-powerpc64-smp 4.4.140
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-134-powerpc64-smp ppc64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: powerpc
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Fri Aug 31 21:15:07 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-14 (685 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release powerpc (20160719)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-08-31 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog:
 Log time: 2018-08-31 21:13:39.351986
 Log time: 2018-08-31 21:13:47.762246
 Log time: 2018-08-31 21:14:45.789367
 Log time: 2018-08-31 21:15:10.598264
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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geppo61 (icjtqr-gmail) wrote :
Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)
tags: added: xenial2bionic
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
summary: - Strangely seems to have a 18.04 Ubuntu for PowerPC...
+ Ubuntu 16.04 on powerpc offered to upgrade to 18.04
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Big-endian PowerPC support was dropped after 16.10. There is no upgrade path from 16.04.5, however it will be supported for another ~3 years.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2016-December/001199.html

Francis Ginther (fginther)
tags: added: id-5ba0e9d9fcbb3130588a1cb5
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Mr. Fermer (nickolai-live) wrote :

I'll have to say "goodbye" to ubuntu and debian and "Hello, cent os"

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Hayden Barnes (haydenb) wrote :

/usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/check-new-release appears to lack any architecture-awareness.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : Re: [Bug 1790202] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 on powerpc offered to upgrade to 18.04

On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 11:36:05PM -0000, Hayden Barnes wrote:
> /usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/check-new-release appears to lack any
> architecture-awareness.

Yes that's true, but I recently added code[1] for systems on i386 to
prevent them from receiving the release upgrade dialog. Something
similar could be done for this architecture.

[1]
https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-upgrader/commit/?id=1204d1345267a7e5e677250f49e5774bc044c873

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Brian Murray

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