diff -Nru update-manager-0.132.1/debian/changelog update-manager-0.132.2/debian/changelog
--- update-manager-0.132.1/debian/changelog	2010-02-25 21:55:11.000000000 +0100
+++ update-manager-0.132.2/debian/changelog	2010-03-07 19:44:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+update-manager (1:0.132.2) lucid; urgency=low
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Check for release upgrade is now also possible with do-release-upgrade
+    command. do-release-upgrade -c. Application exits with 1 if upgrade to new
+    release is possible, application exits with 0 if release is possible.
+
+ -- Wesley Schwengle <wesley@schwengle.net>  Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:42:53 +0100
+
 update-manager (1:0.132.1) lucid; urgency=low
 
   * rename update-manager-support-status to ubuntu-support-status
diff -Nru update-manager-0.132.1/do-release-upgrade update-manager-0.132.2/do-release-upgrade
--- update-manager-0.132.1/do-release-upgrade	2010-02-25 21:55:11.000000000 +0100
+++ update-manager-0.132.2/do-release-upgrade	2010-03-07 19:40:33.000000000 +0100
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
   parser.add_option ("-s","--sandbox", action="store_true", default=False,
                      help=_("Test upgrade with a sandbox aufs overlay"))
 
+  parser.add_option ("-c", "--check-dist-upgrades", action="store_true",
+           dest="check_dist_upgrades", default=False,
+           help=_("Check if a new distribution release is available"))
+
+
   (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
   print _("Checking for a new ubuntu release")
@@ -47,9 +52,14 @@
   while m.downloading:
 	  time.sleep(0.5)
   if m.new_dist is None:
-	  print _("No new release found")
-	  sys.exit(1)
+        print _("No new release found")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
   # we have a new dist
+  if options.check_dist_upgrades:
+        print _("New release found")
+        sys.exit(0)
+
   progress = apt.progress.TextFetchProgress()
   fetcher = DistUpgradeFetcherCore(new_dist=m.new_dist,
 				   progress=progress)