Firefox no longer installed following Kubuntu upgrade 21.10->22.04

Bug #1964443 reported by Brent Gervais
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Nick Rosbrook
Jammy
Fix Released
High
Nick Rosbrook

Bug Description

1) lsb_release -rd

Description: Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish (development branch)
Release: 22.04

(Kubuntu install 21.10->22.04 upgrade in QEMU VM)

2) apt-cache policy ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:
  Installed: 1:22.04.6

3) expected

(upgrade from Kubuntu 21.10 -> 22.04. Reboot.)

* Firefox to remain installed, icon on panel and in Application Launcher menu to be intact.

4) happened instead

(upgrade from Kubuntu 21.10 -> 22.04. Reboot.)

* Firefox is uninstalled/not installed

$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 97.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1

* Firefox icon in panel is replaced with a generic icon
* Firefox is missing from Application Launcher menu

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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu78
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: KDE
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-10 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Release amd64 (20211012)
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-22.22-generic 5.15.19
Tags: jammy dist-upgrade
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-22-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-03-10 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
VarLogDistupgradeXorgFixuplog:
 INFO:root:/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade running
 INFO:root:No xorg.conf, exiting
_MarkForUpload: True

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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote :

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1964443

tags: added: iso-testing
tags: added: rls-jj-incoming
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
tags: removed: rls-jj-incoming
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Jammy):
assignee: nobody → Nick Rosbrook (enr0n)
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: Triaged → In Progress
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-release-upgrader - 1:22.04.7

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ubuntu-release-upgrader (1:22.04.7) jammy; urgency=medium

  [ Brian Murray ]
  * Inclusive naming updates.

  [ Nick Rosbrook ]
  * Replace core18 with core20 in DistUpgrade/deb2snap.json.
  * Add firefox deb2snap entries for appropriate flavors. This includes
    Kubuntu, where an issue was already reported (LP: #1964443).

 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:47:02 -0700

Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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