Changelog display should check for a captive portal.

[Evan]

Binary package hint: update-manager

If the package cache is updated when connected to the network, then the computer is moved to a captive portal -- for example, if it's a laptop taken into a cafe or hotel -- a result similar to the attached screenshot will occur.

I think that update-manager, when downloading changelog files, should first check that it's actually connected to the Internet by checking for the Release file, or perhaps the meta-release file on changelogs.ubuntu.com.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.111.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 9.04 reached EOL on October 23, 2010.
Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

I've tried recreating this bug with Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty) and was unable to, given the information you've provided. Please either a) upgrade and test or b) increase the verbosity of the steps to recreate it so we can try again.

Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.
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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for update-manager (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]