Release Upgrade Stalls on Kubuntu Upgrade to Wily

Bug #1464330 reported by Marco Parillo
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ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I get as far as my last screen shot (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WilyUpgrades/Kubuntu) and something flashes something briefly about two downloads but then nothing seems to happen.

Tags: vivid wily
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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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Benjamin Weggenmann (bubun2) wrote :

Running "kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade" on the konsole (German system) gives:

Neue Veröffentlichungen von Ubuntu werden gesucht
kde
»wily.tar.gz« wird gegenüber »wily.tar.gz.gpg« legitimiert
»wily.tar.gz« wird entpackt
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade", line 165, in <module>
    fetcher.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeFetcherCore.py", line 307, in run
    self.runDistUpgrader()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeFetcherKDE.py", line 133, in runDistUpgrader
    self.run_options])
TypeError: Can't convert 'list' object to str implicitly

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Benjamin Weggenmann (bubun2) wrote :

Problem is in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeFetcherKDE.py:

Possible fix is to change the runDistUpgrader function as follows:
    def runDistUpgrader(self):
        inhibit_sleep()
        args = [self.script, "--frontend=DistUpgradeViewKDE"] + self.run_options
        # now run it with sudo
        if os.getuid() != 0:
            os.execv("/usr/bin/kdesudo", ["kdesudo"] + args)
        else:
            os.execv(self.script, args)
        # we shouldn't come to this point, but if we do, undo our
        # inhibit sleep
        allow_sleep()

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Oded Arbel (oded-geek) wrote :

I've encountered the issue as well, and this change - https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/wily/ubuntu-release-upgrader/wily-proposed/+merge/266658 - solves the problem for me.

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FDM (xmoser) wrote :

I tested Benjamin's patch above and can confirm it works.

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pbeichert (pbeichert) wrote :

Benjamin's patch worked for me as well

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Brett (brett-blackham) wrote :

"kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade" just worked for me. However, I did have errors in the modemmanager and nfs-common. But it looks like this bug can be closed.

Can someone else verify it works?

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Foss-4 (foss-4) wrote :

Can confirm this is fixed.
Why if this bug is a duplicate (as indicated at the top) why is it in "Confirmed" and not closed status? Maybe launchbad works different than bugzilla which I'm more familiar with. Would be nice if someone with the right knowledge and editing power could update that.

tags: added: wily
tags: added: vivid
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Flames_in_Paradise (ellisistfroh-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

@ foss-4:

It had turned out that the actual work needed to be done on the of Vivid Vervet - thats why this bug-report is a ducplicate. Thanks for confirmation this fixed the issue.

Happy kubuntuing !

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