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According to Trusty Tahr Release Schedule, Ubuntu LTS 14.04.1 (first .1 version) was released two days ago. Unfortunately when trying to upgrade using the do-release-upgrade command I get the message No new release found.

Command line output:

root@foobar:~# cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS"
root@foobar:~# do-release-upgrade 
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
No new release found

The threads upgrading LTS to LTS and no new release found make totally sense, but as I understand the first dot 1 version of Ubuntu 14.04 (14.04.1) has yet been released, so why can't I still upgrade LTS to LTS?

Is there a way to upgrade properly, not using the -d option with the do-release-upgrade command?

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    According to the release instruction: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-July/000188.html Users of Ubuntu 12.04 will soon be offered an automatic upgrade to 14.04.1 via Update Manager – Chelseawillrecover Jul 26 '14 at 14:40
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    I have the same issue. @Chel I saw that too in my research, but the question is, when is "soon"? – DisgruntledGoat Jul 27 '14 at 14:47
  • @Dis Who knows? It may be a chance thing, whereby only 10% of people requesting get it otherwise the download would be painful with all the requests at the same time. (Purely speculation) – Tim Jul 27 '14 at 20:34
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    @Tim somebody must know! – DisgruntledGoat Jul 27 '14 at 22:28
  • See also http://askubuntu.com/questions/125392/why-is-no-new-release-found-when-upgrading-from-a-lts-to-the-next/125492#125492 – benjaoming Jul 27 '14 at 23:25
  • @Dis Not if, as I said, it is random... – Tim Jul 28 '14 at 07:52
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    @Tim I meant if it was random like you said, someone must know that it's random. That's a valid answer if it is the case. – DisgruntledGoat Jul 28 '14 at 09:29
  • I haven't found any evidence to support that it is random... It says you should be able to upgrade from the 24th. – Tim Jul 28 '14 at 09:38

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Actually -p option works to run the release upgrade:

do-release-upgrade -p

Here is the explanation of the -p option:

-p, --proposed
Try upgrading to the latest release using the upgrader from Ubuntu-proposed

P.S. Also on #ubuntu IRC channel nobody seems to know what actually "triggers" the do-release-upgrade command to work properly...

P.P.S. Caution when upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to 14.04.1 LTS, as grub will fail to update kernel list.

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  • Nope, Checking for a new Ubuntu release /n No new release found Didn't work for me – Tim Jul 28 '14 at 12:00
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    According to answers to this question, the Proposed repository can be unstable and isn't usually suitable for production systems. Even if -p does perform the upgrade (as it does for me), I doubt that it is "a way to upgrade properly," any more than -d is. – DLosc Jul 31 '14 at 16:57