"update-manager -d" in Feisty presents no option to upgrade to Gutsy

Thanks for your bugreport.

I can not reproduce this behaviour here, If I use 0.59.23 I get the upgrade button. Can you please attach ~/.update-manager-core/meta-release? Can you also please let me know if you are behind a proxy or if you use dialup?

Thanks,
 Michael

I'm having the exact same problem except I'm running regular Ubuntu, not Kubuntu. That shouldn't make much of a difference though. I attached my ~/.update-manager-core/meta-release file, hope it helps!

I forgot to add this into my comment, but when running apt-cache policy update-manager, I get

jared@jared-laptop:~$ apt-cache policy update-manager
update-manager:
  Installed: 1:0.59.23
  Candidate: 1:0.59.23
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.59.23 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

which is much less than the person who posted the bug report had.

Found this somewhere else:

To fix this, replace your ~/.update-manager-core/meta-release file with the text found here:

http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-development

It looks like the workaround found by Jared offers you a one-time only opportunity to upgrade.

For me, it worked the first time I tried, but I didn't have the time to do the upgrade at once. But when I came back to do the upgrade, the button was gone, no matter that my ~/.update-manager-core/meta-release file is up-to-date with the text from http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-development

I also tried to update my ~/.update-manager-core/meta-release file again from the given url, although the text appeared unmodified at eye inspection, but of course it just didn't work because the "new" text was indeed unmodified...

Same for me .I`ve full updated Feisty and i`m not behind proxy. Let me know if more info is needed

mario@server:~$ apt-cache policy update-manager
update-manager:
  Installed: 1:0.59.23
  Candidate: 1:0.59.23
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.59.23 0
        500 http://sk.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:0.59.20 0
        500 http://sk.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Packages

Same for me .I`ve full updated Feisty and i`m not behind proxy. Let me know if more info is needed

mario@server:~$ apt-cache policy update-manager
update-manager:
  Installed: 1:0.59.23
  Candidate: 1:0.59.23
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.59.23 0
        500 http://sk.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:0.59.20 0
        500 http://sk.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Packages

Confirmed in a fresh Feisty install. Jared`s fix does not give me the ability to upgrade, it still says my system is up-to-date.

Thanks for this additional information.

Can you please try to run it without "sudo" ? Just as your regular user? Does that help? You will need a installed gksu for later.

Thanks,
 Michael

I suspect this is a duplicate of #127263 but I would like to confirm that it works when you start it as a user.

I am the original reporter of this bug. I regret that other >18hr/day commitments delayed my returning to this thread.

@Michael Vogt: running update-manager -d as a user resolved my problem. BTW, I do not have a proxy but do have a fairly fast (8Mbps) cable connection.

Thank you for your help.

I had a similar problem, with a different cause. It turns out was, I connected to a wireless internet ap that redirected me to a website for me to agree to the terms of use. My meta-release file was actually replaced with the contents of this redirection page. Perhaps some kind of sanity checks should be performed on the meta-release file before a new one is written.

Had the same problem.
Starting update manager as user or with sudo/gksudo didn't provide me with the upgrade button.

Adding

Dist: gutsy
Name: Gutsy Gibbon
Version: 7.10
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:00:00 UTC
Supported: 0
Description: This is the 7.10 release
Release-File: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/Release
ReleaseNotes: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/dist-upgrader-all/current/ReleaseAnnouncement
UpgradeTool: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/dist-upgrader-all/current/gutsy.tar.gz
UpgradeToolSignature: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/dist-upgrader-all/current/gutsy.tar.gz.gpg

to the ~/.update-manager-core/meta-release as jared proposed did the trick.

I've found a workaround that works for me.

$ rm -rf $HOME/.update-manager-core
$ update-manager -d # "upgrade" button should appear

What's more, I can reliably reproduce this bug by doing this:
$ rm -rf $HOME/.update-manager-core
$ update-manager
$ update-manager -d # and now it won't be possible to get the "upgrade" button to appear

By the way, I'm using the us.archive.ubuntu.com mirror...

Got the same issue. Looking at my ~/.update-manager-core/meta-release it appears sane and whole, it has got entries for everything since warty, just not one for gutsy. Got all repositories enabled, including proposed and updates etc, am fully updated and have the correct version of update-manager. Just FYI. :)

"@Michael Vogt: running update-manager -d as a user resolved my problem. BTW, I do not have a proxy but do have a fairly fast (8Mbps) cable connection."

Me too! Although: I did also delete the .update-manager* dirs from my home folder. At least it works!

[Expired for update-manager (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

I experiment the same problem ; I want to update to Gutsy and update-manager doesn't show me the update button.
I deleted my ~/.update-manager-core/meta-release but it didn't fix anything. Moreover, I'm behind a proxy.

Please don't comment on duplicate bugs, comment on the main bug.