Success message when installation fails
Bug #148696 reported by
Siegfried Gevatter
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #144042: firefox plugin-install says "plugin installed" for non-completed installation.
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| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubufox (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubufox
When you accept to install a flash player (I've tried with Gnash) but the installation fails (for example, because another package manager is running) it notifies you about the failure, but then the assistant's next screen says that Gnash was installed successfully and that you need to restart the browser to use it.
| Changed in ubufox: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
Revision history for this message
| Oliver Gerlich (ogerlich) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in ubufox: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| description: | updated |
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I can confirm this problem. The package installation may fail for example because Universe repo is not enabled (see bug 147744) or because another package manager is still running; and it seems that in all those cases first a correct error message will appear but then another dialog will say that plugin installation has finished and Firefox has to be restarted. Which is clearly wrong as the plugin was in fact not installed and restarting Firefox will not make it available.
I suppose this bug could be marked as Low priority (because the user already got a hint that the installation failed) but it should at least be set to Confirmed.