Adding --mode=desktop allowed the upgrade to commence. I thought do- release-upgrade was supposed to auto-detect the mode, I recall seeing a note to that effect in the changelog.
-- 7.10->8.04 attempts to remove ubuntu-desktop due to broken dep on pulseaudio-esound-compat https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244368 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
