9.10 upgrade fails in setting new software channels for ppc
Bug #404694 reported by
Jeremy Sequoia
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #886273: Poor handling of broken sources.list files.
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Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-manager (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
1) Run "update-manager -d"
2) Click "Upgrade" next to "9.10 is available"
3) Click "Upgrade to confirm"
4) Watch as the upgrade process fails in step 2: "Setting new software channels"
The following appears in a dialog box about the failure:
W:Failed to fetch http://
, E:Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
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