Bug#676485: squeeze->wheezy dist-upgrade Could not perform immediate configuration on 'default-jre'

[Steven Ayre <steveayre@gmail.com>]

Package: upgrade-reports

Problem:

    Upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy, apt-get dist-upgrade fails with:

    E: Could not perform immediate configuration on 'default-jre'. Please see man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details. (2)

Environment:
   Installing from debian-6.0.5-amd64-CD-1.iso
   Virtualbox Debian64 amd64 guest on Windows7 amd64 host

Steps to reproduce:

1) Installation:

    All default options selected

    Use a network mirror, ftp.uk.debian.org

    New Squeeze installation, selected options:

    * Graphical desktop environment

    * Laptop

    * Standard system utilities

2) Installed these additional packages after installation:

    apt-get -y install build-essential 

3) Edit /etc/sources.list   

   deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free

   deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free

   deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free

   deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free

No other changes to the original Squeeze installation have been made.

4) apt-get update

5) apt-get dist-upgrade

   Fetched 1,282 MB in 17min 45s (1,203 kB/s)                                                                                                  

   E: Could not perform immediate configuration on 'default-jre'. Please see man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details. (2)

   root@debwheezy:~#