Activity log for bug #633316

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2010-09-08 16:02:37 Matthew Paul Thomas bug added bug
2010-09-08 16:02:37 Matthew Paul Thomas attachment added screenshot https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/633316/+attachment/1557409/+files/Screenshot.png
2010-09-08 16:10:55 Matthew Paul Thomas attachment added Output of "apt-get install --simulate -f" https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/633316/+attachment/1557435/+files/simulate-f
2010-09-08 16:29:11 Jean-Baptiste Lallement update-manager (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2010-09-08 16:51:46 Matthew Paul Thomas attachment added ubuntu-tweak-stable.list https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/633316/+attachment/1557541/+files/ubuntu-tweak-stable.list
2010-09-08 16:52:31 Matthew Paul Thomas update-manager (Ubuntu): status Incomplete New
2010-09-08 17:43:56 Jean-Baptiste Lallement update-manager (Ubuntu): status New Invalid
2010-09-09 10:02:59 Matthew Paul Thomas summary "Could not initialize the package information" when updating Gives up completely if /etc/apt/sources.d/ contains a malformed file
2010-09-09 10:02:59 Matthew Paul Thomas description Binary package hint: update-manager When updating Maverick: "Could not initialize the package information" "An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. 1. echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-tweak-stable.list 2. update-manager What happens: * An error alert appears saying: "Could not initialize the package information" "An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message: 'E:Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-tweak-stable.list (dist parse)'
2010-09-09 10:03:17 Matthew Paul Thomas update-manager (Ubuntu): status Invalid New
2010-09-09 10:10:34 Matthew Paul Thomas description 1. echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-tweak-stable.list 2. update-manager What happens: * An error alert appears saying: "Could not initialize the package information" "An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message: 'E:Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-tweak-stable.list (dist parse)' 1. echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-tweak-stable.list 2. update-manager What happens: * An error alert appears saying: "Could not initialize the package information" "An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message: 'E:Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-tweak-stable.list (dist parse)' * Update Manager exits without letting you fix the problem. What should happen: * An error alert appears saying something like: "Some software channel settings are incorrect and will be ignored." "Details: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-tweak-stable.list (dist parse)" * Update Manager stays open. The equivalent problem in Ubuntu Software Center is bug 633626, and in Synaptic is bug 633630.
2011-07-19 15:06:59 Robert Roth marked as duplicate 108601
2012-08-13 21:40:31 Edward Donovan changed duplicate marker 108601 886273