** Summary changed: - Improve message when mirror fails to respond or connection to server is broken in some way + Improve message when mirror fails to respond or connection to server is broken in some way (proxy, overload)
** Description changed: Binary package hint: update-manager - At release time, some mirrors are overloaded and fails with a timeout. + At release time, some mirrors are overloaded and fails with a timeout, the connection can also be broken due to proxy issues. Currently the message returned to the user is "No 'ubuntu-minimal' available/downloadable after sources.list rewrite+update" which is misleading and meaningless. See bug 774505 for example. - This message is also displayed when a proxy doesn't return the expected content. + This message is also displayed when a proxy doesn't return the expected content. Update manager should test the connection to the mirror prior to upgrading and display a clear message to the user. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: update-manager 1:0.150 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon May 2 14:11:54 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: update-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-02-21 (69 days ago) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/775525 Title: Improve message when mirror fails to respond or connection to server is broken in some way (proxy, overload) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
