update-manager outputs "current dist not found in meta-release file"

[mattmill30]

Binary package hint: update-manager

When executing update-manager from terminal it outputs "current dist not found in meta-release file".

I've googled this and http://www.go2linux.org/upgrading-to-gutsy appears to have the answer.

However the blog only covers upto and including gutsy.

Atm my /var/lib/update-manager folder is empty and the blog indicates that i need a file called meta-release

What do i need in this file? Or is there a utility that will fix the issue?

This error has occured after a fresh installation of Ubuntu Jaunty alpha 2

[Arenlor (arenlor)]

Confirming this, also it occasionally will hang. apt-get works fine though.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

This is a harmless message and only appears on the development release. I will fix it.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:0.97

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update-manager (1:0.97) jaunty; urgency=low

  * UpdateManager/Core/MetaRelease.py:
    - remove debug message (LP: #310046)
  * UpdateManager/Common/utils.py:
    - when initializing the proxy configuration, do in this
      order:
      * check apt setting
      * check synaptic setting
      * check users gconf
      * check http_proxy environment
    (LP: #24250)
  * UpdateManager/Core/DistUpgradeFetcherCore.py:
    - ensure correct error message if downloading failed
      (LP: #113658)
    - when fetching from mirrors, add fallback if the mirror
      is too loaded to cope
    - improve logic that detects what mirror is in use by
      sources.list inspection (LP: #107983)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py, dist-upgrade.py:
    - re-factor and make code more modular
    - do not overwrite existing log files on upgrade
      (LP: #111819)
  * reorganize the imports and get rid of "Common" submodule
    and merge that all into "Core"
  * improve the debug output via the "DEBUG_UPDATE_MANAGER"
    environment

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:26:40 +0100