Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager-core
Resolution: Providing a bogus /etc/debian_version enabled lsb_release and do-release-upgrade to complete sucessfully. This appears to be a regression bug. :-( See below. - - - Upgrade Notes: 20 Jun 2008 Fully upgraded system: apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade Using /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe multiverse deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu dapper-commercial main deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-proposed main restricted universe multiverse First try using do-release-upgrade failed. Removed and reinstalled update-manager and update-manager-core apt-get --purge remove update-manager update-manager-core The following packages will be REMOVED: update-manager* update-manager-core* update-notifier* apt-get install update-manager update-manager-core update-notifier [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l | grep update-manager ii update-manager 0.42.2ubuntu22.2 GNOME application that manages apt updates ii update-manager-core 0.56~dapper5 manage release upgrades [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Second upgrade try failed. Transcript: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade Checking for a new ubuntu release Traceback (most recent call last): File "/bin/lsb_release", line 244, in ? main() File "/bin/lsb_release", line 208, in main distinfo = get_distro_information() File "/bin/lsb_release", line 158, in get_distro_information distinfo = guess_debian_release() File "/bin/lsb_release", line 154, in guess_debian_release distinfo['DESCRIPTION'] = '%(ID)s %(OS)s %(RELEASE)s (%(CODENAME)s)' % distinfo KeyError: 'RELEASE' lsb_release returned exitcode: 1 current dist not found in meta-release file No new release found [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ The 'lsb_release' command also fails. With the same errors. Same results after a re-install of lsb-base and lsb-release. Transcript: - - - - Bug research found: From: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=341719 lsb-release tries to deal with the case where /etc/debian_version is missing, but doesn't quite manage it. https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/lsb-release/+bug/4912 is a bug report from an Ubuntu user who thought (incorrectly) that /etc/debian_version was a leftover from their previous Debian installation and tried to remove it, only to discover that lsb_release fell over. - - - Resolution: Providing a bogus /etc/debian_version enabled lsb_release and do-release-upgrade to complete sucessfully. This appears to be a regression bug. :-( ** Affects: update-manager-core (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Upgrading from 6.06 LTS to 8.04 LTS Fails when /etc/debian_version is missing. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/242255 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
