[Bug 838787] Re: Archive mirrors not recognized as a valid mirror

[Robert Roth]

** Description changed:

- update-manager -d
- click upgrade
- during step setting new software channels, the following message comes up:
+ Some mirrors listed on https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors are
+ not recognized as valid mirrors, thus the dist-upgrade fails, when using
+ them, and displays a message about essential packages can not be found
+ (ubuntu-desktop or ubuntu-minimal)
  
+ The mirrors reporting these issues:
+ * Boston University Linux Users Group (www.lug.bu.edu)
+ * University of Canterbury (ucmirror.canterbury.ac.nz)
+ * Retrosnub Internet Services (ubuntu.retrosnub.co.uk)
+ * ihug (mirror.ihug.co.nz)
+ 
+ The message is:
  "Invalid package information
  
  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 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Sep  1 08:48:24 2011
- DpkgHistoryLog.txt:
-  
- DpkgTerminalLog.txt:
-  
+ 
  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=(600,600)
+  /apps/update-manager/check_new_release_ignore=
+  /apps/update-manager/first_run=false
+  /apps/update-manager/show_details=true
+  /apps/update-manager/window_size=(600,600)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANGUAGE=en_US:en
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  LANGUAGE=en_US:en
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-09-01 (0 days ago)

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Title:
  Archive mirrors not recognized as a valid mirror

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Some mirrors listed on https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors
  are not recognized as valid mirrors, thus the dist-upgrade fails, when
  using them, and displays a message about essential packages can not be
  found (ubuntu-desktop or ubuntu-minimal)

  The mirrors reporting these issues:
  * Boston University Linux Users Group (www.lug.bu.edu)
  * University of Canterbury (ucmirror.canterbury.ac.nz)
  * Retrosnub Internet Services (ubuntu.retrosnub.co.uk)
  * ihug (mirror.ihug.co.nz)

  The message is:
  "Invalid package information

  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 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Sep  1 08:48:24 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=(600,600)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-09-01 (0 days ago)

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