I was also able to recreate this by editing sources.list from xenial to bionic after restoring the apt-clone file.
I did NOT encounter this bug, after restoring the clone file, and then editing sources.list from xenial to bionic and first installing the new version of apt which also pulled in libc among other things. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766890 Title: package gnome-menus 3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/oem-priority/+bug/1766890/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs