[Bug 1354825] [NEW] Upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04 fails

[Sam Stoelinga]

Public bug reported:

The update-manager tries to update from 12.04 to 12.10 but this seems to
fail, because it's no longer supported, instead it should update to
14.04.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Buy a dell laptop with ubuntu 12.04 pre-installed
2. Run sudo do-release-upgrade or update manager gui

Current result:
 sudo do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Err Upgrade tool signature
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
Err Upgrade tool
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
WARNING:root:file 'quantal.tar.gz.gpg' missing
Failed to fetch
Fetching the upgrade failed. There may be a network problem.

Expected result:
Ability to upgrade to either 12.10 -> 13.04 -> 14.04
or upgrade directly from 12.04 -> 14.04 a direct upgrade path seems better.

Additonal information of affected system:
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
Release:	12.04
Codename:	precise

Also I am not the only one having this bug, see the following
stackoverflow question: http://askubuntu.com/questions/504846/upgrading-
from-12-04-3-lts-to-14-04-1-lts-failure this question wasn't posted by
me, so this isn't only me.

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

** Description changed:

  The update-manager tries to update from 12.04 to 12.10 but this seems to
  fail, because it's no longer supported, instead it should update to
  14.04.
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Buy a dell laptop with ubuntu 12.04 pre-installed
  2. Run sudo do-release-upgrade or update manager gui
  
  Current result:
-  sudo do-release-upgrade 
+  sudo do-release-upgrade
  Checking for a new Ubuntu release
- Err Upgrade tool signature                                                     
-   404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]                                        
- Err Upgrade tool                                                               
-   404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]                                        
- Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)                                                      
+ Err Upgrade tool signature
+   404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
+ Err Upgrade tool
+   404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
+ Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
  WARNING:root:file 'quantal.tar.gz.gpg' missing
  Failed to fetch
  Fetching the upgrade failed. There may be a network problem.
  
  Expected result:
  Ability to upgrade to either 12.10 -> 13.04 -> 14.04
  or upgrade directly from 12.04 -> 14.04 a direct upgrade path seems better.
+ 
+ Additonal information of affected system:
+ lsb_release -a
+ No LSB modules are available.
+ Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
+ Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
+ Release:	12.04
+ Codename:	precise

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Title:
  Upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04 fails

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

Bug description:
  The update-manager tries to update from 12.04 to 12.10 but this seems
  to fail, because it's no longer supported, instead it should update to
  14.04.

  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Buy a dell laptop with ubuntu 12.04 pre-installed
  2. Run sudo do-release-upgrade or update manager gui

  Current result:
   sudo do-release-upgrade
  Checking for a new Ubuntu release
  Err Upgrade tool signature
    404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
  Err Upgrade tool
    404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
  Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
  WARNING:root:file 'quantal.tar.gz.gpg' missing
  Failed to fetch
  Fetching the upgrade failed. There may be a network problem.

  Expected result:
  Ability to upgrade to either 12.10 -> 13.04 -> 14.04
  or upgrade directly from 12.04 -> 14.04 a direct upgrade path seems better.

  Additonal information of affected system:
  lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
  Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
  Release:	12.04
  Codename:	precise

  Also I am not the only one having this bug, see the following
  stackoverflow question: http://askubuntu.com/questions/504846
  /upgrading-from-12-04-3-lts-to-14-04-1-lts-failure this question
  wasn't posted by me, so this isn't only me.

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