[Bug 978315] [NEW] update-manager cancels entire update because of one ppa

[Jeff Lane]

Public bug reported:

I just tried doing an update via update-manager.  It said there were 435
updated packages for my Precise system.

However, update-manager refused to update anything because of one
unauthenticated PPA.

I have the following PPA info in my sources.list file for Audacity.

etc/apt/sources.list:#### Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/audacity-team/daily/ubuntu precise main 
/etc/apt/sources.list:#### Audacity (Source) - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/audacity-team/daily/ubuntu precise main 

And because of that single PPA, update-manager refuses to update
ANYTHING on my precise system.  This has been a problem for longer than
precise.  If I update via console using apt-get dist-upgrade, apt-get
gives me the option to accept that the PPA is not authenticated, and
then proceeds to update my system.

Since Update Manager is the way users are expected to update their
systems, having it refuse to update anything because of one PPA package
is really bad.  It should either match the behaviour of apt-get, or it
should simply skip that package and provide a message at the end saying
"Package X was not updated because of reason Y"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.156.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic 3.2.13
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 10 15:50:39 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120307)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise

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Title:
  update-manager cancels entire update because of one ppa

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I just tried doing an update via update-manager.  It said there were
  435 updated packages for my Precise system.

  However, update-manager refused to update anything because of one
  unauthenticated PPA.

  I have the following PPA info in my sources.list file for Audacity.

  etc/apt/sources.list:#### Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
  /etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/audacity-team/daily/ubuntu precise main 
  /etc/apt/sources.list:#### Audacity (Source) - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
  /etc/apt/sources.list:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/audacity-team/daily/ubuntu precise main 

  And because of that single PPA, update-manager refuses to update
  ANYTHING on my precise system.  This has been a problem for longer
  than precise.  If I update via console using apt-get dist-upgrade,
  apt-get gives me the option to accept that the PPA is not
  authenticated, and then proceeds to update my system.

  Since Update Manager is the way users are expected to update their
  systems, having it refuse to update anything because of one PPA
  package is really bad.  It should either match the behaviour of apt-
  get, or it should simply skip that package and provide a message at
  the end saying "Package X was not updated because of reason Y"

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.156.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic 3.2.13
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Apr 10 15:50:39 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120307)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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