Synaptic sorting column resets

[Robert Roth]

Binary package hint: synaptic

On Ubuntu 9.10, with all updates installed:
1. Start synaptic
2. Sort by Installed version
3. Unmark an installed package
Expected result:
Package should be unmarked.
Result:
Package is unmarked, and sorting is reset to default, so the packages are not sorted by installed version anymore.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Feb 9 08:14:25 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.2)
Package: synaptic 0.62.7ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
SourcePackage: synaptic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1642): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1642): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1736): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:1700): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

Did you entered something in the quick search box ?

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

When I have tested it first time, as far as I can remember, I had
something entered in the quicksearch box, but now I have tested it with
an empty quicksearch box, and the behaviour is the same... the sorting
is reset, so the sorting arrow from the sorting column disappears.

On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 20:29 +0000, Jean-Baptiste Lallement wrote:
> Thanks for your report.
>
> Did you entered something in the quick search box ?
>
> ** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> ** Tags added: likely-dup
>

[bsh (bsh)]

I wanted to report a similar bug, but i think this must be the same thing.
What I experience is: open synaptic, filter the list by "status" (ie. installed, not installed, etc.) and "installed". i see a list of all installed packages, but unsorted (or not sorted by the package name, to say the least)
when i click on the "package name" column header, it sorts the list alphabetically, but then loses the "status" filtering, so i'll see a list of all packages, sorted...
also quick search doesn't work.
this is ubuntu 9.10 x64 upgraded all the way from 7.04 x64.

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

It's worth noting, that the behavior has improved, sorting and filtering is not lost right now, but only the sorting indicator arrow disappears, so it's only a minor aesthetic issue.
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