apport checks for a bug pattern before filing a bug report, in the case of the bug which you were reporting it matched the bug pattern for bug 996916. That pattern looks like:
From the bugs I'd seen before most of them failed to calculate the upgrade, however in your log file (Mainlog.txt) the message appears during the obsolete package check.
2016-09-18 12:53:10,503 DEBUG Start checking for obsolete pkgs
2016-09-18 12:53:18,126 DEBUG blacklist expr 'update-manager-core' matches 'update-manager-core'
2016-09-18 12:53:18,127 DEBUG skipping 'update-manager-core' (in removalBlacklist)
2016-09-18 12:53:18,127 DEBUG 'update-manager-core' scheduled for remove but not safe to remove, skipping
2016-09-18 12:53:23,737 DEBUG blacklist expr 'update-manager-core' matches 'update-manager-core'
2016-09-18 12:53:23,737 DEBUG package 'python3-distupgrade' has unwanted removals, skipping
2016-09-18 12:53:25,652 DEBUG 'python3-distupgrade' scheduled for remove but not safe to remove, skipping
2016-09-18 12:53:25,980 DEBUG blacklist expr '^postgresql-.*[0-9]\.[0-9].*' matches 'postgresql-9.3'
2016-09-18 12:53:25,980 DEBUG skipping 'postgresql-9.3' (in removalBlacklist)
2016-09-18 12:53:25,980 DEBUG 'postgresql-9.3' scheduled for remove but not safe to remove, skipping
The bug pattern should be modified so that it only matches bugs where the message appears before upgrading.
apport checks for a bug pattern before filing a bug report, in the case of the bug which you were reporting it matched the bug pattern for bug 996916. That pattern looks like:
<pattern url="https:/ /launchpad. net/bugs/ 996916"> >^(ubuntu- release- upgrader- core |update- manager) </re> upgradeMainlog" >blacklist expr '\^postgresql- .*\[0-9\ ]\\.\[0- 9\].*' matches</re>
<re key="Package"
<re key="VarLogDist
</pattern>
From the bugs I'd seen before most of them failed to calculate the upgrade, however in your log file (Mainlog.txt) the message appears during the obsolete package check.
2016-09-18 12:53:10,503 DEBUG Start checking for obsolete pkgs manager- core' matches 'update- manager- core' manager- core' (in removalBlacklist) manager- core' scheduled for remove but not safe to remove, skipping manager- core' matches 'update- manager- core' distupgrade' has unwanted removals, skipping distupgrade' scheduled for remove but not safe to remove, skipping .*[0-9] \.[0-9] .*' matches 'postgresql-9.3'
2016-09-18 12:53:18,126 DEBUG blacklist expr 'update-
2016-09-18 12:53:18,127 DEBUG skipping 'update-
2016-09-18 12:53:18,127 DEBUG 'update-
2016-09-18 12:53:23,737 DEBUG blacklist expr 'update-
2016-09-18 12:53:23,737 DEBUG package 'python3-
2016-09-18 12:53:25,652 DEBUG 'python3-
2016-09-18 12:53:25,980 DEBUG blacklist expr '^postgresql-
2016-09-18 12:53:25,980 DEBUG skipping 'postgresql-9.3' (in removalBlacklist)
2016-09-18 12:53:25,980 DEBUG 'postgresql-9.3' scheduled for remove but not safe to remove, skipping
The bug pattern should be modified so that it only matches bugs where the message appears before upgrading.