I'm closing this bug as it seems that it is long solved with the provided workarounds. Please feel free to reopen (by marking the status as "new") if it is still an issue with currently supported versions of Ubuntu.
** Package changed: update-manager-core (Ubuntu) => update-manager (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245694 Title: Remote Server Upgrade from 6.06 to 8.04 Fails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/245694/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs