I forgot to add this into my comment, but when running apt-cache policy update-manager, I get
jared@jared-laptop:~$ apt-cache policy update-manager update-manager: Installed: 1:0.59.23 Candidate: 1:0.59.23 Version table: *** 1:0.59.23 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
which is much less than the person who posted the bug report had.
I forgot to add this into my comment, but when running apt-cache policy update-manager, I get
jared@jared- laptop: ~$ apt-cache policy update-manager dpkg/status
update-manager:
Installed: 1:0.59.23
Candidate: 1:0.59.23
Version table:
*** 1:0.59.23 0
100 /var/lib/
which is much less than the person who posted the bug report had.