Impossible to select Security updates (unselected by default) > python-apt pre-release issue

[viktor]

Binary package hint: synaptic

Just after I installed some gnome-update packages thru Hardy-proposed (pre-releases) Hardy-security updates were not selected and it was not possible to select them.

New upstream version filter appears while there's no more updates to perform.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jul 4 00:50:11 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: synaptic 0.61ubuntu9
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[viktor (lfraisse)]

Here's the list of pre-release updates I ran just before the issue :

Commit Log for Fri Jul 4 00:47:47 2008

The following packages have been updated :

gnome-cards-data (1:2.22.2.1-0ubuntu1) to 1:2.22.2.1-0ubuntu2
gnome-games-data (1:2.22.2.1-0ubuntu1) to 1:2.22.2.1-0ubuntu2
gtk2-engines-murrine (0.53.1-1ubuntu1) to 0.53.1-1ubuntu2
gtk2-engines-ubuntulooks (0.9.12-11) to 0.9.12-12
libnspr4-0d (4.7.1+1.9-0ubuntu0.8.04.1) to 4.7.1+1.9-0ubuntu0.8.04.2
libnss3-1d (3.12.0.2+1.9-0ubuntu0.8.04.1) to 3.12.0.3-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
libpoppler-glib2 (0.6.4-1ubuntu2) to 0.6.4-1ubuntu3
libpoppler2 (0.6.4-1ubuntu2) to 0.6.4-1ubuntu3
poppler-utils (0.6.4-1ubuntu2) to 0.6.4-1ubuntu3
python-apt (0.7.4ubuntu7) to 0.7.4ubuntu7.1
update-notifier (0.70.7) to 0.70.8
update-notifier-common (0.70.7) to 0.70.8
xserver-xorg-video-intel (2:2.2.1-1ubuntu13.4) to 2:2.2.1-1ubuntu13.5

[viktor (lfraisse)]

The issue of default unselected security updates comes from python-apt:

I forced back python-apt (and update-notifier packages) to the hardy version. Now security updates is selected by default. I'll update the bug report to reflect this.

Yet there are still 2 small issues:

+ The new upstream version filter still appears while there are no more updates to perform.

+ When reloading after loading then unchecking pre-release updates the following error message appears (though it doesn't show up on subsequent hardy-security+updates reloads, once synaptic has been restarted):

W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_hardy-security_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_hardy-security_main_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_hardy-security_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_hardy-security_universe_binary-i386_Packages)

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Accepted into intrepid-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[viktor (lfraisse)]

I installed the proposed python-apt version and will test it over the next few days.