diff -Nru update-manager-0.59.25/debian/changelog update-manager-0.59.26/debian/changelog
--- update-manager-0.59.25/debian/changelog	2007-09-19 21:51:54.000000000 +0200
+++ update-manager-0.59.26/debian/changelog	2008-06-24 22:51:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+update-manager (1:0.59.26) feisty-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * support old-releases.ubuntu.com (LP: #241431) to make 
+    the transition from edgy to feisty work
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:50:35 +0200
+
 update-manager (1:0.59.25) feisty-proposed; urgency=low
 
   * fix missing imports (LP: #141060)
diff -Nru /tmp/MzBlzwxoa1/update-manager-0.59.25/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeControler.py /tmp/Nn23HRgpwP/update-manager-0.59.26/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeControler.py
--- update-manager-0.59.25/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeControler.py	2007-04-24 15:39:40.000000000 +0200
+++ update-manager-0.59.26/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeControler.py	2008-06-24 22:54:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -348,6 +348,16 @@
             elif entry.uri.startswith("cdrom:"):
                 continue
 
+            # special case for old-releases.ubuntu.com, auto transition
+            # them back to archive.ubuntu.com - now this is a problem
+            # of course for people upgrading from EOL release to a 
+            # EOL release
+            if (not entry.disabled and
+                entry.uri.startswith("http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu")):
+                entry.uri = "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu"
+                logging.debug("transitioning old-releases.ubuntu.com to '%s' " % entry)
+                continue
+
             logging.debug("examining: '%s'" % entry)
             # check if it's a mirror (or offical site)
             validMirror = False
diff -Nru /tmp/MzBlzwxoa1/update-manager-0.59.25/DistUpgrade/mirrors.cfg /tmp/Nn23HRgpwP/update-manager-0.59.26/DistUpgrade/mirrors.cfg
--- update-manager-0.59.25/DistUpgrade/mirrors.cfg	2007-04-24 15:20:38.000000000 +0200
+++ update-manager-0.59.26/DistUpgrade/mirrors.cfg	2008-06-24 22:55:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
 ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
 ftp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
+http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/
+ftp://old-releases.ubuntu.com/
 
 #commercial (both urls are valid
 http://archive.canonical.com