for me too, after removing lintian the upgrade process continued fine. sapte@SAPTESTMANAGER:/mnt/c/Users/sapte$ sudo apt remove lintian [sudo] password for sapte: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: diffstat intltool-debian libaliased-perl libapt-pkg-perl libarchive-zip-perl libb-hooks-endofscope-perl libb-hooks-op-check-perl libberkeleydb-perl libcapture-tiny-perl libcgi-fast-perl libcgi-pm-perl libclass-data-inheritable-perl libclass-method-modifiers-perl libclass-xsaccessor-perl libconfig-tiny-perl libconst-fast-perl libcpanel-json-xs-perl libdata-dpath-perl libdata-messagepack-perl libdata-optlist-perl libdata-validate-domain-perl libdata-validate-ip-perl libdata-validate-uri-perl libdevel-callchecker-perl libdevel-size-perl libdevel-stacktrace-perl libdynaloader-functions-perl libemail-address-xs-perl libexception-class-perl libfcgi-bin libfcgi-perl libfcgi0t64 libfile-find-rule-perl libfont-ttf-perl libfreezethaw-perl libhtml-html5-entities-perl libhtml-tokeparser-simple-perl libimport-into-perl libio-interactive-perl libio-string-perl libipc-run3-perl libiterator-perl libiterator-util-perl libjson-maybexs-perl liblist-compare-perl liblist-someutils-perl liblist-someutils-xs-perl liblist-utilsby-perl libmarkdown2 libmath-base85-perl libmldbm-perl libmodule-implementation-perl libmodule-runtime-perl libmoo-perl libmoox-aliases-perl libmouse-perl libnamespace-clean-perl libnet-domain-tld-perl libnet-ipv6addr-perl libnet-netmask-perl libnetaddr-ip-perl libnumber-compare-perl libpackage-stash-perl libpackage-stash-xs-perl libparams-classify-perl libparams-util-perl libpath-tiny-perl libperlio-gzip-perl libperlio-utf8-strict-perl libproc-processtable-perl libregexp-wildcards-perl librole-tiny-perl libsereal-decoder-perl libsereal-encoder-perl libsort-versions-perl libstrictures-perl libsub-exporter-perl libsub-exporter-progressive-perl libsub-identify-perl libsub-install-perl libsub-quote-perl libsyntax-keyword-try-perl libterm-readkey-perl libtext-glob-perl libtext-levenshteinxs-perl libtext-markdown-discount-perl libtext-xslate-perl libtime-duration-perl libtime-moment-perl libunicode-utf8-perl libvariable-magic-perl libwww-mechanize-perl libxs-parse-keyword-perl libyaml-libyaml-perl patchutils t1utils Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: lintian 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 7124 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (Reading database ... 235872 files and directories currently installed.) Removing lintian (2.117.0ubuntu1.4) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-4build2) ...
done retried the release upgrade --> WORKED this time (is downloading updates now.) Calculating the changes Do you want to start the upgrade? 35 packages are going to be removed. 319 new packages are going to be installed. 2290 packages are going to be upgraded. You have to download a total of 1940 M. This download will take about 6 minutes with a 40Mbit connection and about 51 minutes with a 5Mbit connection. On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM Damian C. Rossney <[email protected]> wrote: > I can confirm that purging lintian did allow the upgrade to proceed. > > > > > From: alex kouw <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 06 May 2026 13:15:40 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Bug 2150319] Re: lintian breaks upgrade from 24.04 to 26.04 > > > sapte@SAPTESTMANAGER:/mnt/c/Users/sapte$ sudo apt install perl-modules > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > Note, selecting 'perl-modules-5.38' instead of 'perl-modules' > perl-modules-5.38 is already the newest version (5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.2). > perl-modules-5.38 set to manually installed. > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 7:13 PM Alex Kouw < mailto:[email protected] > > wrote: > > > Hi Simon (says) > > > > I updated perl and perl modules before upgrade. Turned out I was on > > latest perl. > > > > sapte@SAPTESTMANAGER:/mnt/c/Users/sapte$ sudo apt install perl > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > Reading state information... Done > > perl is already the newest version (5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.2). > > perl set to manually installed. > > The following package was automatically installed and is no longer > > required: > > libwoff1 > > Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it. > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded > > > > -- done -- sudo apt autoremove = ok > > > > sudo do-release-upgrade -d > > > > ........... > > Fetched 42.4 MB in 6s (1994 kB/s) > > > > Checking package manager > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > Reading state information... Done > > > > Calculating the changes > > > > Calculating the changes > > > > Could not calculate the upgrade > > > > An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade. > > > > If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the > > command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. If > > you want to investigate this yourself the log files in > > '/var/log/dist-upgrade' will contain details about the upgrade. > > Specifically, look at 'main.log' and 'apt.log'. > > > > > > Restoring original system state > > > > Aborting > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > Reading state information... Done > > > > > > NOPE, DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM > > > > Thanks for trying to resolve this! > > > > Best of luck finding the BUG. > > > > Kind regards, > > Alex > > Test Manager SAP > > > > > > On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 6:10 PM Simon Johnsson < mailto: > [email protected] > > > wrote: > > > >> Would someone who still faces this bug mind attempting an upgrade of > >> perl and perl-modules to their latest versions on Noble? I'm interested > >> in seeing if the release upgrade still reaches this issue in that case. > >> > >> Note: the release upgrader is experiencing a known issue right now > where > >> it is unable to reach http://archive.ubuntu.com due to recent DDoS > >> attacks (see https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/update-concerning-ddos- > >> attack-on-canonical-and-ubuntu/81482 > >> < > https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/update-concerning-ddos-attack-on-canonical-and-ubuntu/81482 > > > >> ) > >> > >> -- > >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > >> duplicate bug report (2150852). > >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2150319 > >> > >> Title: > >> lintian breaks upgrade from 24.04 to 26.04 > >> > >> Status in libfile-libmagic-perl package in Ubuntu: > >> Confirmed > >> Status in libyaml-libyaml-perl package in Ubuntu: > >> Confirmed > >> Status in lintian package in Ubuntu: > >> Confirmed > >> Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu: > >> Triaged > >> > >> Bug description: > >> Checking package manager > >> Reading package lists... Done > >> Building dependency tree... Done > >> Reading state information... Done > >> > >> Calculating the changes > >> > >> Calculating the changes > >> > >> Could not calculate the upgrade > >> > >> An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade. > >> > >> If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the > >> command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. If > >> you want to investigate this yourself the log files in > >> '/var/log/dist-upgrade' will contain details about the upgrade. > >> Specifically, look at 'main.log' and 'apt.log'. > >> > >> > >> Restoring original system state > >> > >> Aborting > >> Reading package lists... Done > >> Building dependency tree... Done > >> Reading state information... Done > >> > >> > >> --- > >> > >> From /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log: > >> > >> 2026-04-25 10:49:52,862 DEBUG running doUpdate() (showErrors=True) > >> 2026-04-25 10:49:55,388 DEBUG openCache() > >> 2026-04-25 10:49:55,746 DEBUG Comparing 6.8.0-107 with > >> 2026-04-25 10:49:55,746 DEBUG Comparing 6.8.0-110 with 6.8.0-107 > >> 2026-04-25 10:49:55,785 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 81819 > >> 2026-04-25 10:49:55,883 DEBUG Foreign (before rewriting sources): > >> 1password 1password-cli buildah ffmpeg fig2dev firefox gh gimp > gimp-data > >> gir1.2-gst-plugins-bad-1.0 google-chrome-stable > gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad > >> imagemagick imagemagick-6-common imagemagick-6.q16 libavcodec60 > >> libavdevice60 libavfilter9 libavformat60 libavutil58 libcjson1 > >> libgimp2.0t64 libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 libimage-magick-perl > >> libimage-magick-q16-perl libmagick++-6.q16-9t64 > libmagickcore-6.q16-7-extra > >> libmagickcore-6.q16-7t64 libmagickwand-6.q16-7t64 libmbedcrypto7t64 > >> libmbedtls14t64 libmbedx509-1t64 libpostproc57 libqt5core5t64 > >> libqt5dbus5t64 libqt5gui5t64 libqt5network5t64 libqt5widgets5t64 > >> libswresample4 libswscale7 libvlc-bin libvlc5 libvlccore9 > libzvbi-common > >> libzvbi0t64 podman podman-docker python3-filelock python3-fonttools > >> python3-virtualenv qt5-gtk-platformtheme vlc vlc-bin vlc-data vlc-l10n > >> vlc-plugin-access-extra vlc-plugin-base vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-qt > >> vlc-plugin-samba vlc-plugin-skins2 vlc-plugin-video-output > >> vlc-plugin-video-splitter vlc-plugin-visualization > >> 2026-04-25 10:49:55,883 DEBUG Foreign (after rewriting sources): > >> 2026-04-25 10:49:55,883 DEBUG running Quirks.PreDistUpgradeCache > >> 2026-04-25 10:49:56,344 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'W:Skipping > acquire > >> of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository ' > >> https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-stable/deb stable InRelease' > doesn't > >> support architecture 'i386', E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve > generated > >> breaks, this may be caused by held packages.' > >> 2026-04-25 10:49:56,348 DEBUG abort called > >> 2026-04-25 10:49:56,349 DEBUG openCache() > >> 2026-04-25 10:49:57,552 DEBUG Comparing 6.8.0-107 with > >> 2026-04-25 10:49:57,552 DEBUG Comparing 6.8.0-110 with 6.8.0-107 > >> 2026-04-25 10:49:57,628 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 103198 > >> > >> ProblemType: Bug > >> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 > >> Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.28 > >> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-107.107-generic 6.8.12 > >> Uname: Linux 6.8.0-107-generic x86_64 > >> ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8 > >> Architecture: amd64 > >> CasperMD5CheckResult: pass > >> CrashDB: ubuntu > >> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME > >> Date: Sat Apr 25 10:51:38 2026 > >> InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-06-07 (1418 days ago) > >> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 > >> (20220419) > >> PackageArchitecture: all > >> ProcEnviron: > >> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > >> PATH=(custom, no user) > >> SHELL=/bin/zsh > >> TERM=xterm-256color > >> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> > >> SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader > >> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2026-04-25 (0 days ago) > >> VarLogDistupgradeAptHistorylog: > >> Start-Date: 2026-04-25 10:49:40 > >> Requested-By: ari (1000) > >> End-Date: 2026-04-25 10:49:40 > >> VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog: > >> Log started: 2026-04-25 10:49:40 > >> Log ended: 2026-04-25 10:49:40 > >> > >> To manage notifications about this bug go to: > >> > >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libfile-libmagic-perl/+bug/2150319/+subscriptions > > >> > >> > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (2151336). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2150319 > > Title: > lintian breaks upgrade from 24.04 to 26.04 > > Status in libfile-libmagic-perl package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in libyaml-libyaml-perl package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in lintian package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > > Bug description: > Checking package manager > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > > Calculating the changes > > Calculating the changes > > Could not calculate the upgrade > > An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade. > > If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the > command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. If > you want to investigate this yourself the log files in > '/var/log/dist-upgrade' will contain details about the upgrade. > Specifically, look at 'main.log' and 'apt.log'. > > > Restoring original system state > > Aborting > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > > > --- > > From /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log: > > 2026-04-25 10:49:52,862 DEBUG running doUpdate() (showErrors=True) > 2026-04-25 10:49:55,388 DEBUG openCache() > 2026-04-25 10:49:55,746 DEBUG Comparing 6.8.0-107 with > 2026-04-25 10:49:55,746 DEBUG Comparing 6.8.0-110 with 6.8.0-107 > 2026-04-25 10:49:55,785 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 81819 > 2026-04-25 10:49:55,883 DEBUG Foreign (before rewriting sources): > 1password 1password-cli buildah ffmpeg fig2dev firefox gh gimp gimp-data > gir1.2-gst-plugins-bad-1.0 google-chrome-stable gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad > imagemagick imagemagick-6-common imagemagick-6.q16 libavcodec60 > libavdevice60 libavfilter9 libavformat60 libavutil58 libcjson1 > libgimp2.0t64 libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 libimage-magick-perl > libimage-magick-q16-perl libmagick++-6.q16-9t64 libmagickcore-6.q16-7-extra > libmagickcore-6.q16-7t64 libmagickwand-6.q16-7t64 libmbedcrypto7t64 > libmbedtls14t64 libmbedx509-1t64 libpostproc57 libqt5core5t64 > libqt5dbus5t64 libqt5gui5t64 libqt5network5t64 libqt5widgets5t64 > libswresample4 libswscale7 libvlc-bin libvlc5 libvlccore9 libzvbi-common > libzvbi0t64 podman podman-docker python3-filelock python3-fonttools > python3-virtualenv qt5-gtk-platformtheme vlc vlc-bin vlc-data vlc-l10n > vlc-plugin-access-extra vlc-plugin-base vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-qt > vlc-plugin-samba vlc-plugin-skins2 vlc-plugin-video-output > vlc-plugin-video-splitter vlc-plugin-visualization > 2026-04-25 10:49:55,883 DEBUG Foreign (after rewriting sources): > 2026-04-25 10:49:55,883 DEBUG running Quirks.PreDistUpgradeCache > 2026-04-25 10:49:56,344 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'W:Skipping acquire of > configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository ' > https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-stable/deb stable InRelease' doesn't > support architecture 'i386', E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated > breaks, this may be caused by held packages.' > 2026-04-25 10:49:56,348 DEBUG abort called > 2026-04-25 10:49:56,349 DEBUG openCache() > 2026-04-25 10:49:57,552 DEBUG Comparing 6.8.0-107 with > 2026-04-25 10:49:57,552 DEBUG Comparing 6.8.0-110 with 6.8.0-107 > 2026-04-25 10:49:57,628 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 103198 > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 > Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.28 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-107.107-generic 6.8.12 > Uname: Linux 6.8.0-107-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperMD5CheckResult: pass > CrashDB: ubuntu > CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME > Date: Sat Apr 25 10:51:38 2026 > InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-06-07 (1418 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 > (20220419) > PackageArchitecture: all > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > PATH=(custom, no user) > SHELL=/bin/zsh > TERM=xterm-256color > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> > SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2026-04-25 (0 days ago) > VarLogDistupgradeAptHistorylog: > Start-Date: 2026-04-25 10:49:40 > Requested-By: ari (1000) > End-Date: 2026-04-25 10:49:40 > VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog: > Log started: 2026-04-25 10:49:40 > Log ended: 2026-04-25 10:49:40 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libfile-libmagic-perl/+bug/2150319/+subscriptions > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (2150852). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2150319 > > Title: > lintian breaks upgrade from 24.04 to 26.04 > > Status in libfile-libmagic-perl package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in libyaml-libyaml-perl package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in lintian package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > > Bug description: > Checking package manager > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > > Calculating the changes > > Calculating the changes > > Could not calculate the upgrade > > An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade. > > If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the > command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. If > you want to investigate this yourself the log files in > '/var/log/dist-upgrade' will contain details about the upgrade. > Specifically, look at 'main.log' and 'apt.log'. > > > Restoring original system state > > Aborting > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > > > --- > > From /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log: > > 2026-04-25 10:49:52,862 DEBUG running doUpdate() (showErrors=True) > 2026-04-25 10:49:55,388 DEBUG openCache() > 2026-04-25 10:49:55,746 DEBUG Comparing 6.8.0-107 with > 2026-04-25 10:49:55,746 DEBUG Comparing 6.8.0-110 with 6.8.0-107 > 2026-04-25 10:49:55,785 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 81819 > 2026-04-25 10:49:55,883 DEBUG Foreign (before rewriting sources): > 1password 1password-cli buildah ffmpeg fig2dev firefox gh gimp gimp-data > gir1.2-gst-plugins-bad-1.0 google-chrome-stable gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad > imagemagick imagemagick-6-common imagemagick-6.q16 libavcodec60 > libavdevice60 libavfilter9 libavformat60 libavutil58 libcjson1 > libgimp2.0t64 libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 libimage-magick-perl > libimage-magick-q16-perl libmagick++-6.q16-9t64 libmagickcore-6.q16-7-extra > libmagickcore-6.q16-7t64 libmagickwand-6.q16-7t64 libmbedcrypto7t64 > libmbedtls14t64 libmbedx509-1t64 libpostproc57 libqt5core5t64 > libqt5dbus5t64 libqt5gui5t64 libqt5network5t64 libqt5widgets5t64 > libswresample4 libswscale7 libvlc-bin libvlc5 libvlccore9 libzvbi-common > libzvbi0t64 podman podman-docker python3-filelock python3-fonttools > python3-virtualenv qt5-gtk-platformtheme vlc vlc-bin vlc-data vlc-l10n > vlc-plugin-access-extra vlc-plugin-base vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-qt > vlc-plugin-samba vlc-plugin-skins2 vlc-plugin-video-output > vlc-plugin-video-splitter vlc-plugin-visualization > 2026-04-25 10:49:55,883 DEBUG Foreign (after rewriting sources): > 2026-04-25 10:49:55,883 DEBUG running Quirks.PreDistUpgradeCache > 2026-04-25 10:49:56,344 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'W:Skipping acquire > of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository ' > https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-stable/deb stable InRelease' doesn't > support architecture 'i386', E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated > breaks, this may be caused by held packages.' > 2026-04-25 10:49:56,348 DEBUG abort called > 2026-04-25 10:49:56,349 DEBUG openCache() > 2026-04-25 10:49:57,552 DEBUG Comparing 6.8.0-107 with > 2026-04-25 10:49:57,552 DEBUG Comparing 6.8.0-110 with 6.8.0-107 > 2026-04-25 10:49:57,628 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 103198 > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 > Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.28 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-107.107-generic 6.8.12 > Uname: Linux 6.8.0-107-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperMD5CheckResult: pass > CrashDB: ubuntu > CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME > Date: Sat Apr 25 10:51:38 2026 > InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-06-07 (1418 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 > (20220419) > PackageArchitecture: all > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > PATH=(custom, no user) > SHELL=/bin/zsh > TERM=xterm-256color > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> > SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2026-04-25 (0 days ago) > VarLogDistupgradeAptHistorylog: > Start-Date: 2026-04-25 10:49:40 > Requested-By: ari (1000) > End-Date: 2026-04-25 10:49:40 > VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog: > Log started: 2026-04-25 10:49:40 > Log ended: 2026-04-25 10:49:40 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libfile-libmagic-perl/+bug/2150319/+subscriptions > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2150319 Title: lintian breaks upgrade from 24.04 to 26.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libfile-libmagic-perl/+bug/2150319/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
