@Brian Visel - The way the release upgrader works is that it downloads a tarball of ubuntu-release-upgrader for the release to which you are upgrading. Subsequently, the fix doesn't need to be in the release from which you are upgrading. Additionally, using "apt-get dist-upgrade" bypasses the ubuntu-release-upgrader process altogether and is not a recommended way to upgrade.
@Brian Visel - The way the release upgrader works is that it downloads a tarball of ubuntu- release- upgrader for the release to which you are upgrading. Subsequently, the fix doesn't need to be in the release from which you are upgrading. Additionally, using "apt-get dist-upgrade" bypasses the ubuntu- release- upgrader process altogether and is not a recommended way to upgrade.
https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/XenialXerus /ReleaseNotes# Upgrading_ from_Ubuntu_ 14.04_LTS_ or_15.10