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

[Brian May]

For me the problem isn't so much the wording, but the fact the same
error message can arise from completely different causes. This needs to
be fixed before you can change the wording of the message, just because
the message is shown doesn't mean that there is a problem with the
mirror.

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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:
  In Progress
Status in “update-manager” source package in Precise:
  In Progress

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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