[PROBLEM] Distribution upgrade to Buster fails

[Nachteule]

(7th Nov, 2019 03:04 AM)Skywatch Wrote:  

(7th Nov, 2019 01:45 AM)Nachteule Wrote:  You could try to install initramfs-tools manually to see what happens:

No need as I am back on stretch now.

I didn't need to 'upgrade' for any reason, I just wanted to see if @jakenl was having a unique difficulty or if it might affect others too..... and now we know the answer

(7th Nov, 2019 01:45 AM)Nachteule Wrote:  You could try to install initramfs-tools manually to see what happens:

xbian-package-xbmc will still be removed

No idea what broken installation you guys have
There must be packages installed which breaks the clean upgrade process, I suppose those package(s) require libpam-systemd and/or plymouth and/or systemd

For a final test, I installed latest Stretch based image on a external USB disk, run update to get latest Stretch and XBian packages, rebooted and then ran distribution upgrade - all done inside of Kodi/XBian-GUI with disabled staging and devel repo.

Everythingl went fine, after 25min I got clean Buster installation. Tataaaah

Here the beginning of the upgrade log: https://pastebin.com/ve7Wn684