Please allow upgrade from local ISP archives
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-manager (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
When I tried upgrading Kubuntu from 7.10 to 8.04 in Australia, it disables my local ISP's K/Ubuntu archives and uses the national archive for Australia.
It then reports this:
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Failed to fetch http://
Failed to fetch http://
Failed to fetch http://
Failed to fetch http://
Failed to fetch http://
Failed to fetch http://
Failed to fetch http://
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I think the Australian archive was being hammered and could not respond fast enough.
I have an ISP, iiNeT, in Australia who has update their archive. It is up-to-date, fast, and free (not counted in my download quota). The update manager had commented out those entries. Instead, if it had changed the "gutsy" to "hardy" and tried my local ISP's archive, it would not have failed and I would be reporting success rather than failure.
I am happy to work with you to help achieve this if you are willing to put teh effort nto it.
Many thanks.