dist-upgrader should provide a better error message if the connection times out

[David Brown]

See attached

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:19.10.15.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-51.44-generic 5.3.18
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-51-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.8
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Fri May 8 09:56:07 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-20 (77 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2020-05-08 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog:
 Log time: 2020-05-08 09:51:11.099056
 Log time: 2020-05-08 09:51:33.449238
 Log time: 2020-05-08 09:55:54.675415
 Log time: 2020-05-08 09:56:10.445232
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Yes, it seems that there was an error while trying to communicate with the mirror the Ubuntu archive which you use. Unfortunately, there is nothing we, Ubuntu developers, can do to resolve this. You'll need to sort out your network configuration or try using a different mirror of the Ubuntu archive.

2020-05-08 09:51:38,314 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://ubuntu.volia.net/ubuntu-archive/ eoan main restricted'
2020-05-08 09:51:38,315 DEBUG verifySourcesListEntry: deb http://ubuntu.volia.net/ubuntu-archive/ focal main restricted
2020-05-08 09:51:38,315 DEBUG url_downloadable: http://ubuntu.volia.net/ubuntu-archive//dists/focal/Release
2020-05-08 09:51:38,315 DEBUG s='http' n='ubuntu.volia.net' p='/ubuntu-archive//dists/focal/Release' q='' f=''
2020-05-08 09:53:47,830 DEBUG error from httplib: '<urlopen error [Errno 110] Connection timed out>'

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that specific release.