[Bug 1125412] Re: "Package does not exist" error is unhelpful for updates
Brian Murray
brian at ubuntu.com
Fri Aug 28 16:50:44 UTC 2015
This error message actually comes from aptdaemon's enums.py.
ERROR_NO_PACKAGE: _("Check the spelling of the package name, and "
"that the appropriate repository is enabled."),
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Title:
"Package does not exist" error is unhelpful for updates
Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
update-manager 1:0.181, Ubuntu Ringtail
It is possible for Software Updater to produce a "Software Updater"
alert: "Package does not exist" "Check the spelling of the package
name, and that the appropriate repository is enabled."
That might be appropriate when a third-party application asks for
installation of a particular package. But it isn't really appropriate
when installing updates. The updates you're installing are updates
that were previously shown in Software Updater because they *were*
available.
So, Software Updater needs to special-case the error message in this
situation. Is it just that the package version has disappeared from
the repository betwen the time Software Updater opened, and the time
you chose to install it? Or is there another cause?
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