user sort criteria lost when marking package and the list is filtered with a quicksearch

[Reece]

Binary package hint: synaptic

System: Ubuntu 8.10, Synaptic 0.62.1ubuntu10

Issue: Explicit sorting is lost when a package is marked.

:: HOW TO REPRODUCE ::
- launch Synaptic
- enter a keyword in the quick search box (e.g synap)
- sort by a column (e.g Package)
- Mark the first package for installation (or unmark)

Result:
Sort criteria are lost and package list is resorted

:: LATEST AFFECTED VERSION ::
synaptic:
  Installed: 0.63.1ubuntu1

If one is interested in marking related packages that have the same Package (name) prefix, it's convenient to sort by Package and click down the list. A workaround is to select (highlight) package rows with control-click, then mark the selected packages at once, e.g., with Package > Mark for Installation (or C-I, or button-3 clicking).

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
Package: synaptic 0.62.1ubuntu10
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Reece (reece)]

This problem is more complex than my steps to reproduce above -- it is triggered only when there's text in the quick search box. I apologize for the erroneous report. Please try this:
- launch Synaptic
- enter "c-cran" in Quick search
- sort by Supported
- select treeviewx
- sort criteria are lost and package list is resorted

[Jeff Bedard (antiright)]

I can confirm this problem.
This also applies to selecting packages for removal.

[Jeff Bedard (antiright)]

I am able to reproduce this problem.

[Eric M. Smith (esmithbss-gmail)]

It is as if the default sort order (A-Z by Package Name) only applies when not searching and searching uses it's own sorting order.

I suspect that the search module is not sending the search results through any sorting routines and is instead returning things in the order in which they are found.

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

Everything is confirmed for version 0.61.2ubuntu10 (the one I am running on Intrepid):

1. There seems to be no default column sorting.
2. There seems to be no setting for such a thing.
3. The sorting gets lost only when some text is in the "Quick search" field.

[John Koelndorfer (jkoelndorfer)]

Was about to report this myself, so I'll chime in and say I can confirm it too for version 9.04 (x86).

[nate (enatefox)]

Happened since Intrepid I believe. Seems odd it would regress across 2 distros. 9.04 x86 as well

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

synaptic v0.62.5 shows the same UGLY bug in Ububtu 9.04, at least for x86_64.

[Nikolaus Filus (nfilus)]

I wonder if really nobody uses synaptic anymore, or why is this one of the bugs still being unhandled ...

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks. I reproducible in Lucid.
Marking as triaged/low

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Committed revision 1710.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

fixed in 0.63.1ubuntu2