Public bug reported: There seem to be a lot of these reports. From do-release-upgrade:
Could not calculate the upgrade An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade egrep "WARN|ERROR" /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log 2016-06-02 11:42:49,437 ERROR Package brscan4 has no priority set 2016-06-02 11:42:57,958 WARNING Can't mark 'ubuntu-desktop' for upgrade (E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.) 2016-06-02 11:42:58,412 WARNING Can't mark 'ubuntu-mate-core' for upgrade (E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.) 2016-06-02 11:42:58,824 WARNING Can't mark 'ubuntu-mate-desktop' for upgrade (E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.) 2016-06-02 11:42:58,917 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'The package 'ubuntu-minimal' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:15.10.14.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-36.42-lowlatency 4.2.8-ckt8 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-36-lowlatency x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Thu Jun 2 11:37:49 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-05-15 (1845 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2016-06-02 (0 days ago) ** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade wily -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1588506 Title: 15.10 to 16.04 upgrade failure: "Could not calculate the upgrade" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1588506/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs