[Bug 1189677] [NEW] update-manager failing to install anything in saucy

[Steve Langasek]

Public bug reported:

In saucy, update-manager is completely failing to install any packages.
It auto-launches and presents me the list of packages to install; but
when I click 'Install now', the window closes and update-manager exits.
Running u-m from the console shows there are no error messages and the
process exits 0.

If I run update-manager without the '--no-update' flag, I'm given a
dialog saying:

 You are not allowed to perform this action

 You don't have the required privileges to perform this action.

 Settings               Try Again        OK

This suggests that there is probably a policykit issue here.  However,
that issue isn't going to resolve itself, so update-manager needs to
notify the user of the problem instead of silently exiting.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.188
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.9.0-3.8-generic 3.9.4
Uname: Linux 3.9.0-3-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu1
Aptdaemon:
 
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jun 10 16:44:59 2013
GsettingsChanges:
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1370907861'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'747'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'850'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-24 (990 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-05-06 (35 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy third-party-packages

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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Title:
  update-manager failing to install anything in saucy

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

Bug description:
  In saucy, update-manager is completely failing to install any
  packages.  It auto-launches and presents me the list of packages to
  install; but when I click 'Install now', the window closes and update-
  manager exits.  Running u-m from the console shows there are no error
  messages and the process exits 0.

  If I run update-manager without the '--no-update' flag, I'm given a
  dialog saying:

   You are not allowed to perform this action

   You don't have the required privileges to perform this action.

   Settings               Try Again        OK

  This suggests that there is probably a policykit issue here.  However,
  that issue isn't going to resolve itself, so update-manager needs to
  notify the user of the problem instead of silently exiting.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.188
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.9.0-3.8-generic 3.9.4
  Uname: Linux 3.9.0-3-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu1
  Aptdaemon:
   
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Jun 10 16:44:59 2013
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1370907861'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'747'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'850'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-24 (990 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-05-06 (35 days ago)

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