[Bug 873468] Re: Update to latest Release failed for overloaded mirrors with no descriptive error message

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This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:0.156.13

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update-manager (1:0.156.13) precise; urgency=low

  * Improve the error message used when a package cannot be located after
    updating, probably caused by an overloaded mirror. (LP: #873468)
 -- Barry Warsaw <barry at ubuntu.com>   Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:02:54 -0400

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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Title:
  Update to latest Release failed for overloaded mirrors with no
  descriptive error message

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “update-manager” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  When auto updating to Oneiric, the update-manager crashed with the
  following message:

  "After your package information was updated the essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found anymore.
  This indicates a serious error, please report this bug using the command 'ubuntu-bug update-manager' in a terminal and include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bug report."

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.150.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDmesg.txt:
   [   29.414158] EXT4-fs (sda6): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
   [   35.168233] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
  Date: Thu Oct 13 18:23:58 2011
  GConfNonDefault:
   /apps/update-manager/check_new_release_ignore=
   /apps/update-manager/first_run=false
   /apps/update-manager/show_details=true
   /apps/update-manager/window_size=(784,600)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-10-13 (0 days ago)

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