Prompt=lts do-release-upgrade does not seem to work

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Mon May 3 15:05:29 UTC 2010


On 05/03/2010 06:36 AM, Steve wrote:
> On Mon, 03 May 2010 14:02:43 +0100, Tomoki Taniguchi  
> <tomoki.taniguchi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> our company has a bunch of 8.04 servers.
>> I want to start upgrading them to the latest LTS version
>>
>> i run "sudo do-release-upgade"  but it keeps returning "No new release  
>> found"
>>
>> has anyone gotten do-release-upgrade working for an LTS server?
>>
>> -Tomoki
>>
> 
> To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.10 on a server system: install the  
> update-manager-core package if it is not already installed; edit  
> /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=normal; launch the  
> upgrade tool with the command sudo do-release-upgrade -d; and follow the  
> on-screen instructions.
> 
> To upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 LTS on a server system: follow the same  
> instructions as for Ubuntu 9.10, but set Prompt=lts instead of  
> Prompt=normal.
> 

Was just reminded (via an updated comment) of this old bug that I had
subscribed to (2 years ago):
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager-core/+bug/223741>
['do-release-upgrade' requires the '-d' flag to upgrade from dapper to
hardy]





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