[Bug 1565865] Re: Ubuntu patches make applying firmware updates not possible

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This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software -
3.20.1+git20160414.1.cc9a0a6.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu1

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gnome-software (3.20.1+git20160414.1.cc9a0a6.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * New upstream snapshot from the wip/iainl/ubuntu-xenial branch at
    git://git.gnome.org/gnome-software.
    + Uses libapt instead of manual parsing to find out about Debian packages.
    + Runs the background service again for firmware and other updates. (LP:
    #1565865)
    + Fixes use-after-free (LP: #1554164)
    + Should mark software as 'free' correctly. (LP: #1569328, #1568021)
  * All Ubuntu patches are in the orig.tar.xz, so have been dropped from the
    packaging.
  * debian/control: Add libapt-pkg-dev BD - the apt plugin now uses libapt
    directly instead of parsing files itself.
  * debian/README.source: Add info on where the upstream VCS with Ubuntu
    changes is.

 -- Iain Lane <iain.lane at canonical.com>  Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:15:33 +0100

** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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Title:
  Ubuntu patches make applying firmware updates not possible

Status in casper package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  gnome software version: 3.20.1~git20160331.78d1aab-0ubuntu2
  fwupd version: 0.7.0-0ubuntu3

  Now that the firmware support has been applied, I've noticed that
  there are some differences of behavior from upstream gnome-software
  without Ubuntu patches to that with the Ubuntu patches applied.

  I've staged a system with firmware updates available on LVFS (XPS
  9350).  After trying to do an update I've noticed two specific
  problems.

  1) The metadata for firmware updates doesn't refresh in the background.  As a user you need to manually go over to the Updates tab and hit the refresh button.  I may be wrong, but I believe that's caused by:
  https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-software/commit/?h=wip/attente/clean-ubuntu-changes&id=08c02f52c4f5cddbab0c7346abcb7b8ecc334827

  2) Hitting the refresh button gets the firmware update to download and cache in the background but the button to install it is missing.  Normally this button is on the Updates tab.  I believe that's caused by this:
  https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-software/commit/?h=wip/attente/clean-ubuntu-changes&id=f7512b95f98b42d2116a22d88464f56b44df7758

  Here is a screenshot showing what the updates tab looks like after hitting the refresh button.
  http://goo.gl/photos/dJ8KRVWiAFSJtV3b6

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