On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 12:56 -0400, Joe Apuzzo wrote: > Allen Weiner wrote: > > I'm trying to use the Update Manager to upgrade from Ubuntu 7.10 (GG) to > > Ubuntu 8.04 (HH). > > > > The Update Manager halts in the stage "Setting new software channels", > > displaying the following message: > > > > Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release > > Unable to find expected entry partner/binary-i386/Packages in > > Meta-index file (malformed Release file?) > > > > I did a Google search on: Ubuntu "failed to fetch" upgrade. Several > > forum replies ask the OP to post the contents of > > "/etc/apt/sources.list". I don't have a "etc/apt/sources.list". The > > subdirectories I have for "etc/apt" are "gpg" and "sources.list.d". > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > > > > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > > > > Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys > > Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) > > Aug 6 - Zenos > > Sep 3 - TBD > > > > > Sounds like the step that's hanging you up is when the > /etc/apt/sources.list file get's cleaned. > That file needs to be re-set to it's original state, so clean out any > lines you may have added ( just put a # at the start of the line you > want to comment out ) >
I've never edited my "/etc/apt/sources.list". Following is my "/etc/apt/sources.list". Does anyone see something there that would cause my upgrade via Update Manager to fail? deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016)]/ gutsy main restricted # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to # newer versions of the distribution. # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security ## team. # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu ## security team. # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports' ## repository. ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features. ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team. # deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's ## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is ## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu ## users. deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: # deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main universe restricted multiverse deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe main multiverse restricted #Added by software-properties deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security universe main multiverse restricted deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security universe main multiverse restricted deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe main multiverse restricted deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe main multiverse restricted # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy partner _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) Aug 6 - Zenos Sep 3 - TBD
