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17:37UTC:root@bard:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Release:        18.04
Codename:       bionic

17:38UTC:root@bard:~# do-release-upgrade 
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
There is no development version of an LTS available.
To upgrade to the latest non-LTS develoment release 
set Prompt=normal in /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades.`

Why does my upgrade manager say there is no "development" version of an LTS available?

17:41UTC:root@bard:~# cat /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
# Default behavior for the release upgrader.

[DEFAULT]

Default prompting behavior, valid options:

never - Never check for, or allow upgrading to, a new release.

normal - Check to see if a new release is available. If more than one new

release is found, the release upgrader will attempt to upgrade to

the supported release that immediately succeeds the

currently-running release.

lts - Check to see if a new LTS release is available. The upgrader

will attempt to upgrade to the first LTS release available after

the currently-running one. Note that if this option is used and

the currently-running release is not itself an LTS release the

upgrader will assume prompt was meant to be normal.

Prompt=lts

This system has [what looks to me like] a generic /etc/apt/sources.list file. Points to various ubuntu.com Bionic repositories.

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oh! special situation: critical bug(s) for which Canonical is holding back Focal. The "point" release (20.04.01) is out, but it's not "released" yet for upgrades from 18.04LTS

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/focal-fossa-20-04-1-lts-point-release-status-tracking/17604