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[Hans Hopkins <2125816@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Note that this is fixed by creating the usr/lib32 directory. I think
this upgrade not accounting for file structures before this usrmrge
thing counts as a bug though.

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Title:
  Installation failure when upgrading from 24.04 to 25.04

Status in base-files package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Current release: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
  Basefiles version is:
      Installed: 13ubuntu10.3
      Candidate: 13.6ubuntu2

  Thread about this bug here: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/may-have-
  found-a-upgrade-issue/58642. According to someone in that thread,
  upgrading from 24.04 to 25.04 should be supported now.

  When I tried to upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04, it gave me some installation errors. Running apt-get upgrade returns:
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
   dbus : Depends: base-files (>= 13.4~)
   libc6 : Breaks: base-files (< 13.3~)
           Breaks: base-files:i386 (< 13.3~)
   libc6:i386 : Breaks: base-files (< 13.3~)
                Breaks: base-files:i386 (< 13.3~)
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Running apt --fix-broken install returns:
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Preparing to unpack .../base-files_13.6ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...

  
  ******************************************************************************
  *
  * The base-files package cannot be installed because
  * /lib32 is a dangling symbolic link.
  *
  * This is an unexpected situation. Cannot proceed with the upgrade.
  *
  * For more information please read https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge.
  *
  ******************************************************************************

  
  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_13.6ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   new base-files package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
  motd-news.service is a disabled or a static unit not running, not starting it.
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_13.6ubuntu2_amd64.deb
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  What I expected to happen: apt-get upgrade runs without errors.
  What happened instead: The above error.

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