update-manager keeps thinking that package databases are old

[Christian Theune]

I update on a regular basis. After switching to 11.10 from 10.04 (during beta) I noticed that the update-manager keeps showing the red warning symbol that the package data is old. It is currently saying that the package information was updated 46 days ago. This sometimes disappears for a while directly after updating the package data, but it always comes back. I also think it always points to the same time in the past.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Nov 19 22:22:04 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-28 (52 days ago)

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

What is the output of:

ls -l /var/lib/apt/periodic
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[Christian Theune (ctheune)]

ctheune@mindy:~$ ls -l /var/lib/apt/periodic/
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2011-12-06 15:12 update-stamp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2011-10-04 07:59 update-success-stamp
ctheune@mindy:~$

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

Your update-success-stamp is old. When performing a 'sudo apt-get update' are you getting any errors about fetching repositories?
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[Christian Theune (ctheune)]

Yes:

W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 16126D3A3E5C1192 Ubuntu Extras Archive Automatic Signing Key <email address hidden>

W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/Release

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I'm removing the extras.ubuntu.com source for now to get my system going again. I guess I can add it back if you need me to debug something.

[Christian Theune (ctheune)]

After removing the extras source both timestamps were updated correctly.

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

Thanks for confirming. Closing report.
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