Two independent instances of Software & Updates
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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software-properties (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
software-
Installed: 0.92.37.2
What I expected to happen
A change in the settings of Software & Updates opened through the menu of Synaptics Package Manager should be reflected when opening Software & Updates by issuing software-
What actually happened
In Software & Updates opened through the menu of Synaptics Package Manager (Settings -> Repositories), I opened the Updates tab and changed 'When there are other updates:' from 'Display every two weeks' to 'Display immediately'. I then closed the window. In the terminal I started Software & Updates by executing software-
I will include a screen shot of these two instances of Software & Updates open side by side reflecting their divergent settings. Both windows were opened and the Updates tab chosen. No menu items were changed before taking the screen shot.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: software-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-43-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Dec 13 22:54:50 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-01 (165 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-properties
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Converting "Software & Updates" into a proper System Settings panel, as planned, would be one way of fixing this bug. <https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/SoftwareAnd UpdatesSettings ?action= diff&rev2= 22&rev1= 21>
Probably there is a simpler short-term solution, though, using GApplication/ GtkApplication. <https:/ /developer. gnome.org/ gtk3/stable/ gtk-migrating- unique- GtkApplication. html>