This has been present since 12th December (day I started testing on vivid) on a post-installation of vivid which I'm running off everyday:
..snip.. Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [14 B] Err http://extras.ubuntu.com vivid/main Sources 404 Not Found Get:18 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/restricted Sources [5,872 B] Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/main i386 Packages [14 B] Get:20 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com vivid/universe Sources [6,991 kB] Err http://extras.ubuntu.com vivid/main amd64 Packages 404 Not Found Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/restricted i386 Packages [14 B] Err http://extras.ubuntu.com vivid/main i386 Packages 404 Not Found Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com vivid/main Translation-en_GB Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com vivid-security/universe i386 Packages [14 B] Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com vivid/main Translation-en ..snip.. Fetched 28.7 MB in 1min 1s (464 kB/s) W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/vivid/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/vivid/main /binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/vivid/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to software-properties in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1403103 Title: Utopic -> Vivid upgrade fails because no Vivid extras repo exists Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Sorry if I filed this against the wrong package but it was a best guess. In anticipation of Ubuntu GNOME Vivid Alpha 1 I attempted and upgrade from Utopic to Vivid and get this error message: W:Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/vivid/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found , W:Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/vivid/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found , E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: software-properties-gtk 0.94 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-28.37-generic 3.16.7-ckt1 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-28-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Tue Dec 16 08:58:40 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-18 (58 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140722.2) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: software-properties UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-12-16 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1403103/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp