[Bug 1557215] Re: "The update information is outdated" warning won't go away. No information given about how to fix

[Henk de Leeuw]

** Tags added: xenial

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Title:
  "The update information is outdated" warning won't go away. No
  information given about how to fix

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Starting today or yesterday, this warning (see screenshot) appears in
  the indicator area. It persists across reboot.

  At the end it says "Please update manually by selecting 'Show updates'
  from the indicator menu, and watching for any failing repositories".

  1) Doing what it says, that is, selecting "Show updates" only bring up
  the popup that says "The software on this computer is up to date"

  2) How am I supposed to "watch for any failing repositories"?

  So, the information given is confusing and utterly insufficient. It
  gives no clue about the real source of the problem, how to fix it, and
  it gives vague ("may be caused by this or that") and plain false
  ("please update manually...") information about how to even figure out
  what the source of the problem is.

  Why doesn't it check automatically for "any failing repositories" and
  tell me which ones they are, what kind of "failure" it is and what I
  am supposed to do about it?

  
  I remember the same thing happening ages ago, the warning stayed there for months, and I don't even know what I did to get rid of it.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: update-manager 1:15.10.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-30.36-generic 4.2.8-ckt3
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-30-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
  Aptdaemon:
   
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Mar 15 00:06:24 2016
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'716'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'997'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1457996685'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (885 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2016-01-18 (56 days ago)

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