update-notifier instructs to click "check for updates" although there is no such option

[Jiri Grönroos]

update-notifier 0.118.1ubuntu1, Ubuntu 12.04

In Precise alpha, update-notifier shows up in menu bar as a icon with exclamation mark. When I click the icon, I see "The update information is outdated. This may be caused by network problems or by a repository that is no longer available. Please update manually by clicking on this icon and then selecting 'Check for updates' and check if some of the listed repositories fail."

However, a) there is no "this icon" (bad wording because update-notifier is nowadays an indicator) and b) Check for updates doesn't exist. I only see "Show updates" option in update-notifier's menu. Because of this, I installed shutter via apt-get (without doing apt-get update) and now update-notifier is gone so I can't provide a screenshot.

I believe that update-notifier was shown because I added a non-existent PPA.

<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#alert>: "Status of software updates should never be presented in the menu bar or a notification bubble."

[Jiri Grönroos (jiri-gronroos)]

And finally a screenshot (although in Finnish). Below are the affected strings:

https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/update-notifier/+pots/update-notifier/fi/+translate?batch=10&show=all&search=The+update+information+is+outdated.+This+may+be+caused+by+network+problems+or+by+a+repository+that+is+no+longer+available.

https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/update-notifier/+pots/update-notifier/fi/+translate?batch=10&show=all&search=check+for+updates

https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/update-notifier/+pots/update-notifier/fi/+translate?batch=10&show=all&search=show+updates

[Yop Spanjers (yopspanjers)]

i've got the same bug, with an English screenshot

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package update-notifier - 0.121ubuntu1

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update-notifier (0.121ubuntu1) quantal; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * lp:~nathwill/update-notifier/lp-934517:
    - improve wording (LP: #934517), thanks to Nathan Williams

  [ Julian Taylor ]
  * replace dict.has_key with key in dict (LP: #1040380)
 -- Dmitrijs Ledkovs <email address hidden> Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:16:34 +0100

[Rick Spencer (rick-rickspencer3)]

I believe I am seeing a new manifestation of this bug. The text now instructs the user to "Show Updates". However, the resulting dialog doesn't have any information or way to see possibly failing repositories. I presume that the notification is again out of sync with the new simplified update manager GUI.