[Bug 907201] Re: Update Manager shows updates that can't be selected

[matteo sisti sette]

$ apt-cache policy libboost-dev
libboost-dev:
  Installed: 1.42.0.1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.46.1.1
  Version table:
     1.46.1.1 0
        500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages
 *** 1.42.0.1ubuntu1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

And the issue persists.

Note that this report is about the user interface of UpdateManager. Even
assuming there is a good reason why the updates of some packages are
kept back, showing checkboxes that cannot be checked without giving any
information about why they can't be checked doesn't make any sense and
is what this report is about. If you click on a checkbox and it doesn't
get selected, some sort of popup should appear saying "this item cannot
be selected for this and that reason".

Another story is why apt-get does not update these package in the first
place, which I'd love to figure out but may be the expected behavior for
a good reason (though I'd expect it to tell me WHY the given packages
are being "kept back").

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => New

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Title:
  Update Manager shows updates that can't be selected

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

Bug description:
  Update Manager shows four available updates under "Release Update".
  The checkbox next to the title "Release Updates" itself is checked, but the checkbox next to the four items under it are all unchecked and I can't check them. If I click on them nothing happens.

  Below it says "There are no updates to install".

  If these are updates to packages that are not installed, they
  shouldn't be shown. If they can't be installed for some reason, an
  error message should be shown telling the reason.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25.5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.24-generic 3.0.13
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Dec 21 08:58:40 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-12-07 (13 days ago)

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