Where is security.ubuntu.com for old-releases?

Question

I'm trying to upgrade Ubuntu 10 to 12 and have amended archive.ubuntu.com to old-releases.ubuntu.com. But there is still failure in resolving for security.ubuntu.com. What should be the correct URL for old release of security link?

Here's the sources.list:

# 
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 8.04.3 _Hardy Heron_ - Release amd64 (20090709)]/ hardy main restricted

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 8.04.3 _Hardy Heron_ - Release amd64 (20090709)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-updates universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse

To add the contents of a file, paste them, select them with a mouse, and press the {} button. — Chai T. Rex, Nov 29 '16 at 08:50
Does sudo apt-get update work with the http:// added in? — Chai T. Rex, Nov 29 '16 at 08:54

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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The correct link is still old-releases.ubuntu.com

There isn't any equal of security.ubuntu.com on these old archive, so just stick with main link.

See also: How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported releases ?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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answered Nov 29 '16 at 08:12

Liso

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Thanks. But I'm still getting No candidate ver: xxx with the warning: Failed to read mirror file. – wong boon hong Nov 29 '16 at 08:20
Please edit your post and post /etc/apt/sources.list content – Liso Nov 29 '16 at 08:31
Current sources.list added to main post. – wong boon hong Nov 29 '16 at 09:16
Have you tried change prompt to lts ? – Liso Nov 29 '16 at 10:34
When I execute: sudo do-release-upgrade, I can see that it is upgrading to Precise, which is Ubuntu 12 LTS right? – wong boon hong Nov 30 '16 at 01:31
Yup, 12.04 codename is precise pangolin – Liso Nov 30 '16 at 01:32
I have check /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades, I do see: Prompt=lts already configured. – wong boon hong Nov 30 '16 at 02:01
I check /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log and see these: ERROR Unauthenticated packages found... abort called – wong boon hong Nov 30 '16 at 02:02
I think thats for new question, consider accept this answer if you think it's helpful. – Liso Nov 30 '16 at 02:11
What about this error: No candidate ver: xxx with the warning: Failed to read mirror file.
Not sure if it can't read from old-releases or archive site. But something isn't right. The upgrade is grabbing files from sg.archive.ubuntu.com (I'm in Singapore)
– wong boon hong Nov 30 '16 at 02:29

Where is security.ubuntu.com for old-releases?

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