Actually the thing I wanted to test was an upgrade from Xenial to Bionic with the dist-upgrader from -proposed. I've done that now and we can see the following messages in /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log:
2019-01-23 13:53:38,179 DEBUG entry 'deb-src http://ubuntu.osuosl.org/ubuntu bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse' updated to new dist 2019-01-23 13:53:38,180 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bryce/builds/ubuntu xenial main' 2019-01-23 13:53:38,180 DEBUG verifySourcesListEntry: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bryce/builds/ubuntu bionic main 2019-01-23 13:53:38,181 DEBUG url_downloadable: http://ppa.launchpad.net/bryce/builds/ubuntu/dists/bionic/Release 2019-01-23 13:53:38,181 DEBUG s='http' n='ppa.launchpad.net' p='/bryce/builds/ubuntu/dists/bionic/Release' q='' f='' 2019-01-23 13:53:38,489 DEBUG error from httplib: 'HTTP Error 404: Not Found' 2019-01-23 13:53:38,490 DEBUG entry '# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bryce/builds/ubuntu xenial main' was disabled (no Release file) I had to use a different PPA since xbmc one exists for Bionic and Xenial. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1807043 Title: when rewriting sources.list ubuntu-release-upgrader doesn't check to see if new release is available To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1807043/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
