Menu entry 'Install all updates' does not work, if updates require authentication
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-notifier (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Updating the system with help of the update notifier does not follow a consistent work flow. For a normal user it should work as follows:
- a notification appears,
- he clicks on the symbol and chooses 'install all updates',
- the updates process starts (possibly asking for authentication).
Now consider we have some 'normal' updates and some which require authentication:
- notification appears,
- he clicks on 'install all updates',
- the updates process starts (and installs all 'normal' updates),
- a notification appears again,
- he clicks on 'install all updates', nothing happens and
- the notification keeps notifying.
To really install all updates, he has to choose 'show updates' and in the appearing window 'Install now'. All very confusing.
I see this (mis)behavior in Xubuntus 12.04 and 12.10 desktop installation (update-notifier 0.119ubuntu8.5 and 0.126 ).
summary: |
- Menu entry 'Install all updates' does not work, if updates requiere - authentification + Menu entry 'Install all updates' does not work, if updates require + authentication |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.