This bug is still present in Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS with the latest updates.
user@computer:~$ lsb_release -a;date;sudo tsocks do-release-upgrade;date
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
Wed Dec 14 17:21:22 EST 2016
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
No new release found
Wed Dec 14 17:21:42 EST 2016
user@computer:~$
** Also affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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update-manager fails to upgrade with socks proxy
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