It appears this happens during the upgrade when the new update-manager is there but update-motd calls with old parameters or something like this. I have not seen this after the upgrade finished.
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- check-new-release crashed with IOError in print_usage() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571190 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs