I tested a release upgrade from Xenial to Bionic with https entries in my sources.list file. With the version of the release upgrader in the -updates pocket I was not allowed to upgrade however when I tried to upgrade using 'do-release-upgrade -p' the upgrade was successfully calculated. Here's an excerpt from /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log:
2019-04-15 09:39:47,429 DEBUG examining: 'deb https://ubuntu.osuosl.org/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse' 2019-04-15 09:39:47,429 DEBUG found apt-cacher/apt-torrent style uri https://ubuntu.osuosl.org/ubuntu 2019-04-15 09:39:47,429 DEBUG verifySourcesListEntry: deb https://ubuntu.osuosl.org/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse 2019-04-15 09:39:47,429 DEBUG url_downloadable: https://ubuntu.osuosl.org/ubuntu/dists/bionic/Release 2019-04-15 09:39:47,429 DEBUG s='https' n='ubuntu.osuosl.org' p='/ubuntu/dists/bionic/Release' q='' f='' 2019-04-15 09:39:47,613 DEBUG entry 'deb https://ubuntu.osuosl.org/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse' updated to new dist Setting to verification-done. ** Tags removed: verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-cosmic ** Tags added: verification-done-bionic verification-done-cosmic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1823410 Title: utils.py's url_downloadable doesn't support https To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1823410/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs