Comment 3 for bug 1636237

lease-upgrader-eblakt0g/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1880, in run
                                                                                    return self.fullUpgrade()
                                                                                                               File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eblakt0g/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1845, in fullUpgrade
    if not self.doDistUpgrade(): (Lese Datenbank ... 75%
                                  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eblakt0g/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1183, in doDistUpgrade
                res = self.cache.commit(fprogress,iprogress)
                                                              File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eblakt0g/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py", line 267, in commit
                               apt.Cache.commit(self, fprogress, iprogress)
                                                                             File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 515, in commit
                    res = self.install_archives(pm, install_progress)
                                                                       File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 479, in install_archives
                        res = install_progress.run(pm)
                                                        File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eblakt0g/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeView.py", line 234, in run
                     res = os.WEXITSTATUS(self.wait_child())
                                                              File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eblakt0g/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeView.py", line 200, in wait_child
                                  self.update_interface()
                                                           File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/progress/base.py", line 255, in update_interface
                    if float(percent) != self.percent or status_str != self.status:
                                                                                   ValueError: could not convert string to float: '0,0000'
      Error in sys.excepthook:
                              Traceback (most recent call last):
                                                                  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 497, in add_to_existing
    self.write(f) (Lese Datenbank ... 80%
                   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 450, in write
                                                                                                  block = f.read(1048576)
                                                                                                                           File "/usr/lib/python3.5/codecs.py", line 321, 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:
                                                                                                  Traceback (most recent call last):
                                                                                                                                      File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eblakt0g/yakkety", line 8, in <module>
                                                                               sys.exit(main())
                                                                                                 File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eblakt0g/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 242, in main
                                                               if app.run():
                                                                              File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eblakt0g/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1880, in run
                                                  return self.fullUpgrade()
                                                                             File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eblakt0g/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1845, in fullUpgrade
                                                         if not self.doDistUpgrade():
                                                                                       File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eblakt0g/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1183, in doDistUpgrade
                                                                     res = self.cache.commit(fprogress,iprogress)
                                                                                                                   File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eblakt0g/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py", line 267, in commit
                                                                                    apt.Cache.commit(self, fprogress, iprogress)
                                                                                                                                  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 515, in commit
                                                                         res = self.install_archives(pm, install_progress)
                                                                                                                            File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 479, in install_archives
                                                                             res = install_progress.run(pm)
                                                                                                             File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eblakt0g/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeView.py", line 234, in run
                                                                          res = os.WEXITSTATUS(self.wait_child())
                                                                                                                   File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eblakt0g/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeView.py", line 200, in wait_child
                                                                                       self.update_interface()
                                                                                                                File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/progress/base.py", line 255, in update_interface
                                                                         if float(percent) != self.percent or status_str != self.status:
    ValueError: could not convert string to float: '0,0000'
(Lese Datenbank ... 93662 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.) 85%
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update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Trigger für cracklib-runtime (2.9.2-1build2) werden verarbeitet ...
Trigger für install-info (6.1.0.dfsg.1-5) werden verarbeitet ...
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update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-53-generic
=== Command terminated with exit status 1 (Thu Dec 15 10:13:12 2016) ===

Upgrading now stops with "ValueError: could not convert string to float: '0,0000'" -- seems a typo within the latest do-release-upgrade: instead wiriting 0.000 its written 0,000. Komma instead Point.