[Bug 1824043] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer asks sudoer rights but dialog does not wait

[Dominique Meeùs]

Found this workaround in #1655431. Quoting: Boris Rybalkin (ribalkin) wrote on 2017-11-26: #18
Was able to fix sf mirrors issue by replacing sf mirror with some github copy:
sudo sed -i 's#http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts#https://github.com/pushcx/corefonts/raw/master#g' /usr/share/package-data-downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-installer
Then run:
sudo /usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader
All downloaded and good.
[End quote]
This solves the mirrors problems with Sourceforge. There remains a problem that an authentication dialog disappears even before you get a chance to answer.

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Title:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer asks sudoer rights but dialog does not wait

Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  A window proposes to finish the installation of ttf-mscorefonts-
  installer. A dialog appears in another window but disappears
  immediately. For the fraction of a second it can be seen, it looks
  like the identification windows that comes for some upgrades (kernel
  etc.).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
  Package: update-notifier 3.192.15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-8.9-generic 5.0.1
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-8-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu26
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Classic:GNOME
  Date: Wed Apr 10 02:39:43 2019
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-notifier
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-14 (269 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fr_FR
   PATH=(custom, user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=fr_BE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-notifier
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-04-06 (3 days ago)

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