DistUpgrader does not check lock prperly (was: update-manager -d -c failures)

[anthony baxter]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Trying to upgrade a feisty install to the current gutsy.

Running update-manager -d -c doesn't every show the "upgrade available" button.
Running it as root spits out this on the tty:
warning: could not initiate dbus
extracting '/tmp/tmpWreGg6/gutsy.tar.gz'
authenticate '/tmp/tmpWreGg6/gutsy.tar.gz' against '/tmp/tmpWreGg6/gutsy.tar.gz.gpg'
could not send the dbus Inhibit signal: global name 'dbus' is not defined

dbus is running fine.
As root, about 1 run in 2 it shows the 'new version available' button. That upgrade fails at the first stage, the files it asks me to attach are attached. term.log is empty

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

update-manager (1:0.79) gutsy; urgency=low

  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeControler.py:
    - do not log apts debug output to the user in server
      upgrade mode
    - when running in partial upgrade mode, do not run apport,
      this is handled by the libapt apport integration now,
      (LP:#139394)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py,DistUpgradeControler.py:
    - detect and workaround upgrade issues with envy
  * update-manager:
    - show version with --version (LP: #137353)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py:
    - fix crash with invalid utf-8 in polish locale (LP: #145351)
  * UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py:
    - remove debug output (LP: #145494)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeControler.py:
    - fix lock detection (LP: #145463)
  * UpdateManager/Common/utils.py:
    - show "0 KB" download size if there is nothing to download
      (LP: #145308)
  * DistUpgrade/demoted.cfg, utils/demotions.py:
    - do not display demotions if they are replaced by something that is
      in main (e.g. gaim->pidgin, LP: #145767)
  * DistUpgrade/ReleaseAnnouncement:
    - update for the beta release
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeControler.py:
    - fix typo in pre-requists (thanks to Stuart Bishop)
  * debian/control:
    - tighten update-manager depend on update-manager-core
  * UpdateManager/Core/DistUpgradeFetcherCore.py:
    - move country_mirror code into Core (LP: #145116)
  * UpdateManager/Core/MetaReleaseCore.py,
    tests/interactive_fetch-release_upgrader.py:
    - fix test failure

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:32:12 +0200