unable to upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04

Bug #1621325 reported by Jeff Blasius
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Bug Description

When attempting an upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04 it is unable to calculate the upgrade.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.220.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-77.99~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt27
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-77-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Wed Sep 7 22:38:58 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-13 (452 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Mythbuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2016-09-08 (0 days ago)

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Jeff Blasius (jeffrey-blasius) wrote :
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

You seem to have multiple metapackages installed which creates a difficult situation for the release upgrader. I suggest choosing which ever environment you are using.

2016-09-07 22:24:26,566 DEBUG Marking 'kubuntu-desktop' for upgrade
2016-09-07 22:24:27,462 DEBUG Marking 'mythbuntu-desktop' for upgrade
2016-09-07 22:24:29,703 DEBUG metapkg 'kubuntu-desktop' installed but marked_delete
2016-09-07 22:24:29,704 DEBUG metapkg 'kubuntu-desktop' installed but marked_delete
2016-09-07 22:24:30,151 DEBUG blacklist expr 'kubuntu-desktop' matches 'kubuntu-desktop'
2016-09-07 22:24:30,152 DEBUG The package 'kubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it's in the removal blacklist
2016-09-07 22:24:30,209 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'The package 'kubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist.'

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