Comment 11 for bug 1447654

Without a reboot, I still get the same error with the new policykit package from vivid-proposed.

When I do this:

# apt-get purge apport policykit-1
# apt-get autoremove

Then do a system reboot, followed by:

# apt-get install apport

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  apport-symptoms libpolkit-agent-1-0 libpolkit-backend-1-0 policykit-1 python3-apport python3-problem-report
Suggested packages:
  apport-gtk apport-kde python3-launchpadlib
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  apport apport-symptoms libpolkit-agent-1-0 libpolkit-backend-1-0 policykit-1 python3-apport python3-problem-report
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
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Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid-proposed/main libpolkit-agent-1-0 amd64 0.105-8ubuntu3 [15.2 kB]
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Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main python3-problem-report all 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 [9,950 B]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main python3-apport all 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 [75.7 kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main apport-symptoms all 0.20 [14.2 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid-proposed/main policykit-1 amd64 0.105-8ubuntu3 [51.6 kB]
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PolicyKit daemon disconnected from the bus.
We are no longer a registered authentication agent.
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So the new package fixes the problem for people who haven't yet had a failed install, but it doesn't work to upgrade from failed install without a system reboot.