** Description changed: - When rewriting sources.list entries the release-upgrader doesn't check - to see if the distribution to which the system is being upgraded is - supported by the archive / PPA. This results in the following error - message: + [Impact] + When rewriting sources.list entries the release-upgrader doesn't check to see if the distribution to which the system is being upgraded is supported by the archive / PPA. This results in the following error message: - A problem occurred during the update. This is usually some sort of - network problem, please check your network connection and retry. + A problem occurred during the update. This is usually some sort of + network problem, please check your network connection and retry. - E:The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu - cosmic Release' does not have a Release file. + E:The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu + cosmic Release' does not have a Release file. If the release-upgrader were to actually check if the release were supported then that specific sources entry could be disabled and the upgrade may be able to proceed. + + [Test Case] + The test case involves adding a PPA which doesn't have a release file for the release to which you are upgrading for upgrading to cosmic we can use the team-xbmc ppa. + + 1) sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa + 2) do-release-upgrade --frontend DistUpgradeViewText + 3) Observe the error message re "does not have a Release file".
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