[Bug 1694438] Re: [16.04] Cannot download packages whilst offline - when using ifupdown

[Martin Pitt]

This also affects PackageKit 1.0.1-2 in Debian Jessie.

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Title:
  [16.04] Cannot download packages whilst offline - when using ifupdown

Status in packagekit package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in packagekit source package in Xenial:
  New

Bug description:
  I am using 16.04 with the main ethernet interface being managed by
  ifupdown, and others by NetworkManager. Apparently PK's
  pk_network_get_network_state() does not properly recognize this and
  thinks it is offline:

  # pkcon update
  Getting updates               [=========================]         
  [...]
  Fatal error: Cannot download packages whilst offline

  A workaround is to change /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
  [ifupdown] managed= from "false" to "true", then "eth0" appears in
  "nmcli d" and PackageKit is happy.

  In 17.04 this is no problem any more, PackageKit works out of the box
  with the same ifupdown configuration and managed=false. Interestingly,
  "nmcli d" shows

  eth0        ethernet  unmanaged  --

  there, while eth0 is entirely absent in 16.04. There doesn't seem to
  be an nmcli command to show what PackageKit looks at; the closest is
  "nmcli g" but in all three cases above that says

  STATE      CONNECTIVITY  WIFI-HW  WIFI     WWAN-HW  WWAN    
  connected  full          enabled  enabled  enabled  enabled

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