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apt errors ubuntu 10.04 to ubuntu 10.10 upgrade

Bug #613437 reported by aguy
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #631770: apt-get warnings on upgrade. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: apt

various apt errors during upgrade from ubuntu 10.04 to ubuntu 10.10

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: apt 0.7.26~exp12ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-14.19-generic 2.6.35
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-14-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: db218ff4bfb847568a3eec852625430b
CheckboxSystem: abf102d6ef41328208f5c1554651535a
Date: Wed Aug 4 14:03:20 2010
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt

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aguy (astyguy-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

The actual error comes from packagekit AFAICS. There are a lot of warnings too (the stuff with "N:" for note). Those are harmless but annoying and I think we should disable them.

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aguy (astyguy-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

The real errors are at the bottom of the file

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aguy (astyguy-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

it seems to be ignoring all my apt external sources not very nice for a user with 30+ external sources from launchpad etc

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Torsten Spindler (tspindler) wrote :

The system on purpose disables third party repositories during upgrades, to make the upgrade process manageable.

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aguy (astyguy-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

disable yes I agree ... but it actually corrupted them and stopped them from being re-enabled

do a test and see

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Charlie Kravetz (charlie-tca) wrote :

 Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
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Philip Muškovac (yofel) wrote :

The "N: .." warnings have been fixed in bug 631770

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