Seems like this class of "apt is a bit sketchy in older releases" bugs could be worked around by the same "release-upgrader-apt" backport workaround that we used for lucid->precise. Could we maybe just do the same backport to oneiric (and adjust update-manager to use it) and call it good?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/924079 Title: do-release-upgrade fails to upgrade from Oneiric to Precise: Couldn't configure pre-depend libtinfo5 for libncurses5, probably a dependency cycle To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/924079/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
