[Bug 1615771] Re: fetching libcgi files in wrong directory prevents 14.04 to 16.04 upgrade

[L. P. Luigi Espenlaub]

Ack, I left out how I proved my my conclusion above.

I copied the failed to fetch addresses into into the address bar of Firefox ie:  
  
Http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libc/libcgi-pm-perl_4.26-1_all.deb  
  
and received:  
  
"404 not found The requested URL /ubuntu/pool/main/libc/libcgi-pm-perl_4.26-1_all.deb was not found on this server.  

Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu) Server at us.archive.ubuntu.com Port 80"

I then shortened the addresses to   
  
Http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libc/  

and found myself on the archive page for libc where I found the omitted
directory /libcgi-pm-perl/

You can substantiate what I found by following what I did above.  
'temporary failure resolving "us.archive.ubuntu.com' message is puzzling. It could indicate a network problem, but by doing what I did above I eliminated that as the cause. 

I will add this comment to bug #1615771 as well.  
I look forward to your questions, And thank you for your time and effort. You are saving this old disabled vet from the machinations of the M-word.

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Title:
  fetching libcgi files in wrong directory prevents 14.04 to 16.04
  upgrade

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

Bug description:
  **This is the second try at posting this due to an "Oops, something
  went wrong" message**

  I am entering this bug on a different machine due to the unstable
  state of my wife's machine

  the repair broken packages and I assume ubuntu-release-upgrader-core has same error because of trying to fetch libcgi-pm-perl_4.26-1_all.deb from 
  Http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libc/libcgi-pm-perl_4.26-1_all.deb
  when it should be fetching from:
  Http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libc/libcgi-pm-perl/libcgi-pm-perl_4.26-1_all.deb
  same for:
  libcgi-pm-perl_0.77-1build1_amd64.deb
  and
  libcgi-pm-fast-per1_2.10-1_all.deb

  in each case the directory /libcgi-pm-perl/ has been left out of the
  fetch path.

  Cannot include log files contained in 
  "/var/log/dist-upgrade/"
  cd var
  returns 
  no such file or directory

  What I did
  ===============================
  reboot
  advanced Ubuntu menu
  selected
  ubuntu with linux 4.4.0-34-generic (recovery mode)
  selected
  enable network communcications
  list of no such files or directories
  recovery menu sys (read/write)
  selected
  dpkg repair broken packages
  download files
  continue yn details d
  entered y
  . . .
  could not download the upgrades
  upgrade aborted ...

  failed to fetch
  Http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libc/libcgi-pm-perl_4.26-1_all.deb
  temporary failure resolving "us.archive.ubuntu.com"
  failed to fetch
  Http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libc/libcgi-pm-perl_0.77-1build1_amd64.deb
  temporary failure resolving "us.archive.ubuntu.com"
  failed to fetch
  Http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libc/libcgi-pm-fast-per1_2.10-1_all.deb
  temporary failure resolving "us.archive.ubuntu.com"
  restoring system state

  aborting
  finished please press enter

  What I expected
  =================
  all files to be fixed
  and
  no more 
  "System Problem" warnings.

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