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ubuntu-release-upgrader package

upgrade to 20.10 beta from 20.04 fails immediate configuration

Bug #1899272 reported by terry b on 2020-10-10

This bug affects 8 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

This problem shows up when using any update method (update-manager -d, do-release-upgrade -d). The captured data shows an immediate-configure error.

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Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
Error in function: install

apt_pkg.Error: E:Could not configure 'libc6:amd64'. , E:Could not perform immediate configuration on 'libnss-nis:amd64'. Please see man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details. (2)
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 477, in add_to_existing
    self.write(f)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 430, in write
    block = f.read(1048576)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/codecs.py", line 322, in decode
    (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position 1: invalid start byte

Original exception was:
apt_pkg.Error: E:Could not configure 'libc6:amd64'. , E:Could not perform immediate configuration on 'libnss-nis:amd64'. Please see man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details. (2)
Error in function: install

apt_pkg.Error: E:Could not perform immediate configuration on 'libffi8ubuntu1:amd64'. Please see man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details. (2)
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 477, in add_to_existing
    self.write(f)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 430, in write
    block = f.read(1048576)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/codecs.py", line 322, in decode
    (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position 1: invalid start byte

Original exception was:
apt_pkg.Error: E:Could not perform immediate configuration on 'libffi8ubuntu1:amd64'. Please see man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details. (2)

Could not install the upgrades

The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A
recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).

Upgrade infeasible

The upgrade could not be completed, there were errors during the
upgrade process.

Restoring original system state

Aborting
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done

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I've deleted the cache of new packages and rerun the download to confirm that I didn't have a bad package download.

ubuntu-release-upgrader-core/focal-updates,focal-updates,now 1:20.04.25 all [installed]
manage release upgrades

ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk/focal-updates,focal-updates,now 1:20.04.25 all [installed,automatic]
manage release upgrades

ubuntu-release-upgrader-qt/focal-updates,focal-updates,now 1:20.04.25 all [installed]
manage release upgrades

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root@wizard:/var/lib# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Release: 20.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.04.25
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-48.52-generic 5.4.60
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Sat Oct 10 10:17:59 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-11 (1308 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Alpha amd64 (20170222)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-10-10 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2020-04-02T08:44:51.029022

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terry b (tbohaning-gmail) wrote on 2020-10-10:

CurrentDmesg.txt.txt Edit (256.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (141 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz Edit (1.2 MiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.txt Edit (62.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt.txt Edit (2.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.txt Edit (95.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeScreenlog.txt Edit (20.1 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
modified.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades.txt Edit (822 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2020-10-14:

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

Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Eason Yu (ieason8) wrote on 2020-10-14:

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I also encountered this issue recently, FYI, I build a docker image base on Debian OS daily, and some specific commands (install some packages, e.g. python, postgresql-client) will be ran during the building, since Oct 11, get the following error, ref:
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[0;32m    docker: + apt-get -y install postgresql-client-9.6[0m
[0;32m    docker: Reading package lists...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Building dependency tree...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Reading state information...[0m
[0;32m    docker: The following additional packages will be installed:[0m
[0;32m    docker: gcc-10-base libc-bin libc6 libcom-err2 libcomerr2 libcrypt1 libgcc-s1[0m
[0;32m    docker: libgssapi-krb5-2 libidn2-0 libk5crypto3 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 libnss-nis[0m
[0;32m    docker: libnss-nisplus libpq5 libreadline8 libtinfo6 postgresql-client-common[0m
[0;32m    docker: Suggested packages:[0m
[0;32m    docker: glibc-doc libc-l10n locales krb5-doc krb5-user postgresql-9.6[0m
[0;32m    docker: postgresql-doc-9.6[0m
[0;32m    docker: Recommended packages:[0m
[0;32m    docker: manpages krb5-locales[0m
[0;32m    docker: The following NEW packages will be installed:[0m
[0;32m    docker: gcc-10-base libcom-err2 libcrypt1 libgcc-s1 libnss-nis libnss-nisplus libpq5[0m
[0;32m    docker: libreadline8 libtinfo6 postgresql-client-9.6 postgresql-client-common[0m
[0;32m    docker: The following packages will be upgraded:[0m
[0;32m    docker: libc-bin libc6 libcomerr2 libgssapi-krb5-2 libidn2-0 libk5crypto3 libkrb5-3[0m
[0;32m    docker: libkrb5support0[0m
[0;32m    docker: 8 upgraded, 11 newly installed, 0 to remove and 304 not upgraded.[0m
[0;32m    docker: Need to get 6960 kB of archives.[0m
[0;32m    docker: After this operation, 11.2 MB of additional disk space will be used.[0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates/main amd64 postgresql-client-9.6 amd64 9.6.19-0+deb9u1 [1288 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 gcc-10-base amd64 10.2.0-15 [199 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 libgcc-s1 amd64 10.2.0-15 [41.4 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 libnss-nis amd64 3.1-3 [25.6 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:5 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 libnss-nisplus amd64 1.3-3 [21.6 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:6 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 libc6 amd64 2.31-4 [2804 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:7 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 libcrypt1 amd64 1:4.4.17-1 [86.9 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:8 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 libc-bin amd64 2.31-4 [804 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:9 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 libcom-err2 amd64 1.45.6-1 [71.7 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:10 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 libcomerr2 amd64 1.45.6-1 [67.6 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:11 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 libtinfo6 amd64 6.2+20200918-1 [340 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:12 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 libreadline8 amd64 8.0-4 [160 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:13 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 libgssapi-krb5-2 amd64 1.17-10 [156 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:14 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 libkrb5-3 amd64 1.17-10 [366 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:15 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 libk5crypto3 amd64 1.17-10 [115 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:16 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 libkrb5support0 amd64 1.17-10 [64.6 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:17 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 libidn2-0 amd64 2.3.0-1 [85.4 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:18 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 libpq5 amd64 13.0-3 [174 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: Get:19 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 postgresql-client-common all 220 [88.3 kB][0m
[0;32m    docker: debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed[0m
[0;32m    docker: Fetched 6960 kB in 2s (3400 kB/s)[0m
[0;32m    docker: Selecting previously unselected package gcc-10-base:amd64.[0m
[0;32m    docker: (Reading database ... 27106 files and directories currently installed.)[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../gcc-10-base_10.2.0-15_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking gcc-10-base:amd64 (10.2.0-15) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up gcc-10-base:amd64 (10.2.0-15) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Selecting previously unselected package libgcc-s1:amd64.[0m
[0;32m    docker: (Reading database ... 27111 files and directories currently installed.)[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../libgcc-s1_10.2.0-15_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking libgcc-s1:amd64 (10.2.0-15) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Replacing files in old package libgcc1:amd64 (1:6.3.0-18) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up libgcc-s1:amd64 (10.2.0-15) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: (Reading database ... 27113 files and directories currently installed.)[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../libc6_2.31-4_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog[0m
[0;32m    docker: debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 76.)[0m
[0;32m    docker: debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline[0m
[0;32m    docker: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline[0m
[0;32m    docker: debconf: (Can't locate Term/ReadLine.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Term::ReadLine module) (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.24.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.24.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.24 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.24 /usr/share/perl/5.24 /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base .) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Readline.pm line 7.)[0m
[0;32m    docker: debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype[0m
[0;32m    docker: Checking for services that may need to be restarted...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Checking init scripts...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking libc6:amd64 (2.31-4) over (2.24-11+deb9u1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Selecting previously unselected package libnss-nis:amd64.[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../libnss-nis_3.1-3_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking libnss-nis:amd64 (3.1-3) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Selecting previously unselected package libcrypt1:amd64.[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../libcrypt1_1%3a4.4.17-1_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking libcrypt1:amd64 (1:4.4.17-1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Selecting previously unselected package libnss-nisplus:amd64.[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../libnss-nisplus_1.3-3_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking libnss-nisplus:amd64 (1.3-3) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up libnss-nis:amd64 (3.1-3) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up libcrypt1:amd64 (1:4.4.17-1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up libnss-nisplus:amd64 (1.3-3) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up libc6:amd64 (2.31-4) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Installing new version of config file /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu.conf ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog[0m
[0;32m    docker: debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 76.)[0m
[0;32m    docker: debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline[0m
[0;32m    docker: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline[0m
[0;32m    docker: debconf: (Can't locate Term/ReadLine.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Term::ReadLine module) (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.24.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.24.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.24 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.24 /usr/share/perl/5.24 /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base .) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Readline.pm line 7.)[0m
[0;32m    docker: debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype[0m
[0;32m    docker: Checking for services that may need to be restarted...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Checking init scripts...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Nothing to restart.[0m
[0;32m    docker: (Reading database ... 27125 files and directories currently installed.)[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../libc-bin_2.31-4_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking libc-bin (2.31-4) over (2.24-11+deb9u1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up libc-bin (2.31-4) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Updating /etc/nsswitch.conf to current default.[0m
[0;32m    docker: (Reading database ... 27125 files and directories currently installed.)[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../libcomerr2_1.45.6-1_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking libcomerr2:amd64 (1.45.6-1) over (1.43.4-2) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Selecting previously unselected package libcom-err2:amd64.[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../libcom-err2_1.45.6-1_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking libcom-err2:amd64 (1.45.6-1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up libcom-err2:amd64 (1.45.6-1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Selecting previously unselected package libtinfo6:amd64.[0m
[0;32m    docker: (Reading database ... 27128 files and directories currently installed.)[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../0-libtinfo6_6.2+20200918-1_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking libtinfo6:amd64 (6.2+20200918-1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Selecting previously unselected package libreadline8:amd64.[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../1-libreadline8_8.0-4_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking libreadline8:amd64 (8.0-4) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../2-libgssapi-krb5-2_1.17-10_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking libgssapi-krb5-2:amd64 (1.17-10) over (1.15-1+deb9u1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../3-libkrb5-3_1.17-10_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking libkrb5-3:amd64 (1.17-10) over (1.15-1+deb9u1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../4-libk5crypto3_1.17-10_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking libk5crypto3:amd64 (1.17-10) over (1.15-1+deb9u1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../5-libkrb5support0_1.17-10_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking libkrb5support0:amd64 (1.17-10) over (1.15-1+deb9u1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../6-libidn2-0_2.3.0-1_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking libidn2-0:amd64 (2.3.0-1) over (0.16-1+deb9u1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Selecting previously unselected package libpq5:amd64.[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../7-libpq5_13.0-3_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking libpq5:amd64 (13.0-3) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-client-common.[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../8-postgresql-client-common_220_all.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking postgresql-client-common (220) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-client-9.6.[0m
[0;32m    docker: Preparing to unpack .../9-postgresql-client-9.6_9.6.19-0+deb9u1_amd64.deb ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Unpacking postgresql-client-9.6 (9.6.19-0+deb9u1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up libidn2-0:amd64 (2.3.0-1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up libtinfo6:amd64 (6.2+20200918-1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up libkrb5support0:amd64 (1.17-10) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-4) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up postgresql-client-common (220) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up libcomerr2:amd64 (1.45.6-1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up libreadline8:amd64 (8.0-4) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up libk5crypto3:amd64 (1.17-10) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up libkrb5-3:amd64 (1.17-10) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up libgssapi-krb5-2:amd64 (1.17-10) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up libpq5:amd64 (13.0-3) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: Setting up postgresql-client-9.6 (9.6.19-0+deb9u1) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: update-alternatives: using /usr/share/postgresql/9.6/man/man1/psql.1.gz to provide /usr/share/man/man1/psql.1.gz (psql.1.gz) in auto mode[0m
[0;32m    docker: Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-4) ...[0m
[0;32m    docker: E: Could not configure 'libc6:amd64'.[0m
[0;32m    docker: E: Could not perform immediate configuration on 'libcrypt1:amd64'. Please see man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details. (2)[0m
[1;32m==> docker: Killing the container: f7f06a04876e2964be28ddbd394cb73b1fb20da6043d615494cf070ac2e16e0b[0m
[1;31mBuild 'docker' errored: Script exited with non-zero exit status: 100[0m
=======================================

Note: Before 'apt-get -y install postgresql-client-9.6', 'apt-get -y update' is ran.

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asavah (irherder) wrote on 2020-10-22:

Any comments from the maintainers or workarounds?

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terry b (tbohaning-gmail) wrote on 2020-10-22:

Tested after 20.10 release. No improvement.

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asavah (irherder) wrote on 2020-10-23:

Found a workaround, but beware here be dragons and this could kill your OS install!
Do not do this unless you know what you are doing!

After do-release-upgrade -d fails
cd /var/cache/apt
sudo dpkg --force-depends --force-breaks -i libnss-nis_3.1-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb

This will install the package that fails regardless missing deps and the possibility of breaking glibc.

Try upgrading again
sudo do-release-upgrade -d

This worked for me.

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Benoît Rouits (brouits) wrote on 2020-10-23:

This affects me also even when now 20.10 is not beta.

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terry b (tbohaning-gmail) wrote on 2020-10-23:

HI Asavah,

I took your suggestion and modified it slightly.

sudo -s
do-release-upgrade -d (expected to fail)

cd /var/cache/apt/archives
dpkg --force-depends --force-breaks -i libnss-nis_3.1-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb

do-release-upgrade -d

It did allow the libnss-nis package to install. Afterwards, running do-release-upgrade -d worked nicely.

Thanks for you help!

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Borislav Ivanov (by-ivanov) wrote on 2020-10-23:

That worked for me! Thank you, terry b (tbohaning-gmail)!

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Jo (mm4o) wrote on 2020-10-24:

#10

Worked for me too, thanks terry b (tbohaning-gmail)

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