[Bug 1556019] [NEW] do-release-upgrade aborts

[Mike Wijnen]

Public bug reported:

I'm unable to do a release upgrade. My system is stuck behind a proxy
server that requires authentication. In general my opinion is that
proxy-servers with authentication are poorly supported in Ubuntu.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:14.10.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-44.59-generic 3.16.7-ckt14
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-44-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.5
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Mar 11 11:11:46 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-17 (480 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2016-03-11 (0 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade utopic

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Title:
  do-release-upgrade aborts

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

Bug description:
  I'm unable to do a release upgrade. My system is stuck behind a proxy
  server that requires authentication. In general my opinion is that
  proxy-servers with authentication are poorly supported in Ubuntu.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:14.10.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-44.59-generic 3.16.7-ckt14
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-44-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Mar 11 11:11:46 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-17 (480 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2016-03-11 (0 days ago)

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