"Restart to complete update" should not be signaled until the update has completed

[Nicolò Chieffo]

Binary package hint: update-manager

I noticed that when a package which needs to restart the system is updated, the message "Restart to complete update" appears in the indicator-session applet as soon as the package is upgraded.

If the user restarts the system before the other packages are upgraded, the dpkg database could be corrupted.

There's no reason to let the information appear before the whole upgrade process finishes.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.142.13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-20.29-generic-pae 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-20-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 15 10:20:09 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100803.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=it_IT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

Did this happen when updating a fresh install? I would like to try and reproduce.

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

Yes, this bug is still present in a fresh install.

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

I have confirmed this. Once an update that needs restart is installed it turns the "off" button red signaling a reboot is ready even if other updates are still being installed.

My system info used in test......

Linux 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP i686 GNU/Linux
Discriptor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Setting triaged per RedSingularity

[Cristian Baltatescu (cbaltatescu)]

This happens on an upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10 it also happened to an upgrade from 10.10 to 11.04 (when I actually restarted before the upgrade was over, because the power button was marked as in need of a restart and the Restart to Complete teh Update message was present in the power menu).
The upgrade window can be on another desktop, minimized etc. I see no reason for the button to be marked before the restart is actually useful.

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is no more maintained