It looks like the problem was the entry: ReleaseNotes: http://archive.ubuntu.com//ubuntu/dists/edgy/main/dist-upgrader-all/current/ReleaseAnnouncement
(notice the double "/" after the hostname).
This appeared to have confused pythons urllib2. I corrected this now and it should be working now.
It looks like the problem was the entry: archive. ubuntu. com//ubuntu/ dists/edgy/ main/dist- upgrader- all/current/ ReleaseAnnounce ment
ReleaseNotes: http://
(notice the double "/" after the hostname).
This appeared to have confused pythons urllib2. I corrected this now and it should be working now.