Should do-release-upgrade upgrade from 18.04 LTS to 20.04 yet?

Chris Green cl at isbd.net
Thu Aug 27 20:25:07 UTC 2020


On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 03:51:39AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 28/08/2020, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> > I thought that 20.04.1 was available now so that a do-release-upgrade
> > on version 18.04 should offer the upgrade but I'm getting:-
> >
> >     chris at backup$ more /etc/issue
> >     Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS \n \l
> >
> >     chris at backup$ sudo -i
> >     [sudo] password for chris:
> >     root at backup:~# do-release-upgrade
> >     Checking for a new Ubuntu release
> >     There is no development version of an LTS available.
> >     To upgrade to the latest non-LTS develoment release
> >     set Prompt=normal in /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades.
> >
> 
> This has been mentioned on this list, ad nauseum.
> 
Oh, sorry, I'd not noticed.


> When the upgrade is ready, the Software Updater will advise.
> 
I thought it was 'automatic' once the next LTS version got to its
xx.xx.1 version, isn't that the way it is?

-- 
Chris Green




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