reopening with wishlist prio since ubuntu should have done better in dealing with the situation. The error message was actually quite unhelpful.
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist Status: Rejected => Confirmed -- Error while updrading from Dapper to Edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/68849 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs