[Bug 1168404] [NEW] during dist upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 b2... got the errore messagge "essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found anymore"

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Public bug reported:

i got this  error message durine the pre-installation tasks to migrate
ubuntu from 12.10 to 13.04:

"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 against the 'update-manager' package and include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bug report."

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.190.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-28.47-generic 3.5.7.9
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-28-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 12 15:35:43 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-13 (58 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2013-04-12 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug dist-upgrade i386 quantal running-unity

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Title:
  during dist upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 b2... got the errore messagge
  "essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found anymore"

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  i got this  error message durine the pre-installation tasks to migrate
  ubuntu from 12.10 to 13.04:

  "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 against the 'update-manager' package and include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bug report."

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.190.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-28.47-generic 3.5.7.9
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-28-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Apr 12 15:35:43 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-13 (58 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2013-04-12 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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