[Bug 1237562] [NEW] Software updater broken

[Bob Kline]

Public bug reported:

I rebooted my Xubuntu 13.04 laptop after a set of updates. When the
machine came back up, the update icon was back in the tray, saying
"There are 11 updates available." So I clicked on "Show updates" at
which a dialog window came up and said "The software on this computer is
up to date." So, thinking the tray icon needed to catch up, and that it
would do so after I dismissed the dialog window, I clicked OK. But the
tray icon remained, still insisting that there are 11 updates to be
installed. So I clicked on "Show updates" again and got the same dialog
window saying the computer is up to date. After repeating this cycle
several more times, I began to wonder if the repository is in a confused
state, and sending out faulty information.  Since I first noticed the
problem, I have observed that the problem affects all my Xubuntu
systems, and the problem has persisted for several weeks, so I assume
that it's not the repositories which are confused, but the software
update manager.

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

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Title:
  Software updater broken

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

Bug description:
  I rebooted my Xubuntu 13.04 laptop after a set of updates. When the
  machine came back up, the update icon was back in the tray, saying
  "There are 11 updates available." So I clicked on "Show updates" at
  which a dialog window came up and said "The software on this computer
  is up to date." So, thinking the tray icon needed to catch up, and
  that it would do so after I dismissed the dialog window, I clicked OK.
  But the tray icon remained, still insisting that there are 11 updates
  to be installed. So I clicked on "Show updates" again and got the same
  dialog window saying the computer is up to date. After repeating this
  cycle several more times, I began to wonder if the repository is in a
  confused state, and sending out faulty information.  Since I first
  noticed the problem, I have observed that the problem affects all my
  Xubuntu systems, and the problem has persisted for several weeks, so I
  assume that it's not the repositories which are confused, but the
  software update manager.

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