[Bug 1079136] [NEW] --dist-upgrade mentioned in man page, but not available

[Benjamin Drung]

Public bug reported:

The man page of update-manager says, that there is a --dist-upgrade
option. Calling update-manager --dist-upgrade fails:

Usage: update-manager [opitons]

update-manager: error: no such option: --dist-upgrade

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.174.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Aptdaemon:
 
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 15 12:44:48 2012
GsettingsChanges:
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1352544728'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'822'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'600'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-24 (204 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120421)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-22 (23 days ago)

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal running-unity

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Title:
  --dist-upgrade mentioned in man page, but not available

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

Bug description:
  The man page of update-manager says, that there is a --dist-upgrade
  option. Calling update-manager --dist-upgrade fails:

  Usage: update-manager [opitons]

  update-manager: error: no such option: --dist-upgrade

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.174.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
  Aptdaemon:
   
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Nov 15 12:44:48 2012
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1352544728'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'822'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'600'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-24 (204 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120421)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-22 (23 days ago)

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