Update-manager does not try mirrors for dist-upgrader
Bug #107983 reported by
Andrew McCarthy
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Michael Vogt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
When upgrading to a new release (in this case, Edgy to Feisty), the update manager retrieves the dist-upgrade tool from archive.ubuntu.com, even though the local mirror (xx.archive.
Related branches
Changed in update-manager: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
Changed in update-manager: | |
assignee: | nobody → mvo |
Changed in update-manager: | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
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I was thinking again about this. Would it make sense to simply package up dist-upgrader and retrieve it as a normal package? No special-case handling would then be necessary. This would also help in the case where an upgrade aborts and has to be restarted; currently that requires re-downloading dist-upgrader.