[ Solved] Credit to Mark1 - Ubuntu security update error Mixed sources.list

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Hey Chat,

Running into an issue that I can’t perform security updates due to an error. Background, upgraded to 23.04, initial install was 22.04.

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When trying to update I get the below error. I can’t seem to shake Kinetic off me.

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I’ve tried, maybe stupidly to delete Kinetic references from sources list and comparable files. No luck. It will keep reappearing. Here is the cat of /etc/apt for kinetic

dude@dude-Z590-AORUS-MASTER:/etc/apt$ sudo grep -r kinetic 
sources.list.save:# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic main universe restricted multiverse
sources.list.save:deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic-security universe main restricted multiverse
sources.list.save:deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates multiverse main restricted universe
sources.list.save:deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-backports multiverse main restricted universe
sources.list.save:deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic main universe restricted multiverse
sources.list.distUpgrade:#deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic main restricted
sources.list.distUpgrade:#deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic-updates main restricted
sources.list.distUpgrade:#deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic universe
sources.list.distUpgrade:#deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic-updates universe
sources.list.distUpgrade:#deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic multiverse
sources.list.distUpgrade:#deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic-updates multiverse
sources.list.distUpgrade:#deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
sources.list.distUpgrade:#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security main restricted
sources.list.distUpgrade:#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security universe
sources.list.distUpgrade:#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security multiverse
sources.list.d/jellyfin.sources.save:Suites: kinetic
sources.list.d/jellyfin.sources:Suites: kinetic
sources.list:# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic main universe restricted multiverse
sources.list:deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ kinetic-security universe main restricted multiverse
sources.list:deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates multiverse main restricted universe
sources.list:deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-backports multiverse main restricted universe
sources.list:deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic main universe restricted multiverse

Can anyone shine some light on this?

WWED

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Hello WWED,

I’m guessing that there was an error, when updating the sources. If it where my machine, I would backup all existing important files and try to replace the reference to kinetic with lunar, then reboot.

You can query the in-use repositories like this:

apt-cache policy
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Is it because I have non-ubuntu software that is dependent on prior versions?

Package files:
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     release a=now
 500 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable/main armhf Packages
     release o=code stable,a=stable,n=stable,l=code stable,c=main,b=armhf
     origin packages.microsoft.com
 500 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable/main arm64 Packages
     release o=code stable,a=stable,n=stable,l=code stable,c=main,b=arm64
     origin packages.microsoft.com
 500 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable/main amd64 Packages
     release o=code stable,a=stable,n=stable,l=code stable,c=main,b=amd64
     origin packages.microsoft.com
 500 https://repo.steampowered.com/steam stable/steam i386 Packages
     release o=Valve Software LLC,n=stable,l=Steam launcher,c=steam,b=i386
     origin repo.steampowered.com
 500 https://repo.steampowered.com/steam stable/steam amd64 Packages
     release o=Valve Software LLC,n=stable,l=Steam launcher,c=steam,b=amd64
     origin repo.steampowered.com
 500 https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial/main amd64 Packages
     release o=. xenial,a=xenial,n=xenial,l=. xenial,c=main,b=amd64
     origin updates.signal.org
 500 https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable/main all Packages
     release o=proton-gitlab,n=stable,c=main,b=all
     origin repo.protonvpn.com
 500 https://get.filebot.net/deb universal/main all Packages
     release a=universal,c=main,b=all
     origin get.filebot.net
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar-security,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64
     origin security.ubuntu.com
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security/universe i386 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar-security,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=i386
     origin security.ubuntu.com
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security/universe amd64 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar-security,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64
     origin security.ubuntu.com
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security/restricted i386 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar-security,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=i386
     origin security.ubuntu.com
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security/restricted amd64 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar-security,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64
     origin security.ubuntu.com
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security/main i386 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar-security,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=i386
     origin security.ubuntu.com
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security/main amd64 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar-security,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64
     origin security.ubuntu.com
 100 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-backports/universe i386 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar-backports,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=i386
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
 100 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-backports/universe amd64 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar-backports,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar-updates,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates/universe i386 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar-updates,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=i386
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates/universe amd64 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar-updates,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates/restricted i386 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar-updates,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=i386
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar-updates,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates/main i386 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar-updates,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=i386
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates/main amd64 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar-updates,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar/multiverse i386 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=i386
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar/multiverse amd64 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar/universe i386 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=i386
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar/universe amd64 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar/restricted i386 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=i386
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar/restricted amd64 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar/main i386 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=i386
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar/main amd64 Packages
     release v=23.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lunar,n=lunar,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64
     origin us.archive.ubuntu.com
Pinned packages:
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What is interesting though is when I do apt update Kinetic still appears

Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar InRelease                                                                                                                                                                       
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security InRelease [109 kB]                                                                                                                                                       
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates InRelease [109 kB]                                                                                                                                                      
Hit:4 https://repo.steampowered.com/steam stable InRelease                                                                                                                                                                      
Hit:5 https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial InRelease                                                                                                                                                                   
Ign:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates InRelease                                                                                                                                                            
Get:7 https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable InRelease [2,519 B]                                                                                                                     
Ign:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-backports InRelease                                                                                                                                 
Get:9 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable InRelease [3,569 B]                                                                                      
Ign:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic InRelease                                                                                                                    
Err:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates Release                                                 
  404  Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.36 80]
Ign:12 https://get.filebot.net/deb universal InRelease                                                          
Get:13 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable/main amd64 Packages [81.9 kB]     
Err:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-backports Release                                                           
  404  Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.36 80]
Hit:15 https://get.filebot.net/deb universal Release                                                                        
Ign:16 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security InRelease                                                         
Err:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic Release                                               
  404  Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.36 80]
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-backports InRelease [99.8 kB]  
Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security/universe amd64 Packages [725 kB]                 
Get:21 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable/main arm64 Packages [82.5 kB]
Get:22 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable/main armhf Packages [83.0 kB]     
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates/main i386 Packages [243 kB]                              
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates/main amd64 Packages [470 kB]               
Get:25 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security/universe Translation-en [70.6 kB]
Get:26 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [12.0 kB]  
Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates/universe amd64 Packages [811 kB]         
Err:28 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security Release             
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.81 80]
Get:29 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates/universe Translation-en [96.7 kB]
Get:30 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [13.4 kB]
Reading package lists... Done                                      
E: The repository 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-backports Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
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So it can find the *InRelease packages, but not the *Release ones.
Can you edit the sources files, and like comment out just the kinetic Release ones?

Does look like an unsuccessful incomplete upgrade from 2204, but I haven’t needed to fix such an issue

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@Trooper_ish @wwed26 said he used Ubuntu 22.04 to install Ubuntu and upgraded to 23.04. @wwed26 If this was my system, I would either follow @Mark1 or @Trooper_ish advice after I backed up both my personal files and Ubuntu’s operating files. You could completly wipe the drive and reinstall Ubuntu 22.04, but that would overwrite any files added to the computer after the first install.

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@Shadowbane Indeed, a reinstallation of an LTS release is a good idea, it is compatible to most software.

@wwed26 There’s a change that more than the sources are corrupt and that you may “brick” your system while trying to repair it.

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I personally would try what you suggested first, then @Trooper_ish and if ever thing else failed try my suggestion. Other than @wwed26 losing all his files after the first install, what other disavantages could he face with my idea.

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I would comment out the no-longer-existing sources in the “/etc/apt/sources.list” file, and see if the update goes through fine.

Then probably just leave it, and if an update/upgrade later says “sources.list was modified, would you like to keep existing or replace with maintainers version” then… Um… Not sure, because you have external sources… So jump off that bridge later?

I keep /home separate, so I can blow away the O/S, but much rather edit the sources first…

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By that, I mean to say, the error message is seems misleading… It is complaining about an insecure source, when really, it cannot find a secure version because the archive may be old and depricated/renamed/removed.

The update successfully finds and pulls from the inrelease version of kinetic and the release version of Luna, so it is finding packages, just not the deprecated sources.

Also, I would not worry but would try and suppress the error, and also expect it to sort itself out later…

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It’s strange, I’ve done this a number of times and unless I am drunk it keeps becoming un-commented.

The only thing I am truly worried about is the “Basic Security Maintenance Ended 7/30/2023” in the first post.

I backup my files to a different drive on a weekly basis and can throw something on a 3rd party drive for the really important.

Not adverse just blowing the OS away if I absolutely have to. The only thing i’d have to do is try to figure out how to move a VM. I always have permission issues with those.

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Could you double check the version that Ubuntu reports? The below terminal command(s) will print your current OS release and kernel version.

lsb_release -a && uname -a
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Oh F me

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 22.10
Release:	22.10
Codename:	kinetic
Linux dude-Z590-AORUS-MASTER 6.2.0-34-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Sep  4 13:06:55 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Now I am completely lost and lost it. How, why and how again…

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What you can try, is to run the do-release-upgrade process/steps manually.

Link to AskUbuntu

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Nice mate, you’ve saved me a lot of time and headache. I really appreciate it.

dude@dude-Z590-AORUS-MASTER:~$ lsb_release -a && uname -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 23.04
Release:	23.04
Codename:	lunar
Linux dude-Z590-AORUS-MASTER 6.2.0-34-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Sep  4 13:06:55 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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