unable to update de db without synaptic
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| update-notifier (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Medium
|
Michael Vogt | ||
Bug Description
Hello, warning : i'm french :)
I'm not able to update my system without synaptic.
Explanation : the update-notifier do not automatically reload the packages
informations. So until i update my database with synaptic, the update-notifier
do nothing (no icons). It is useless ! As the icon isn't shown, i can't update
my database with the update-notifier (via the context-menu)
also, i notice that i disable de re-authantification with sudo (NOPASSWD: ALL).
IMHO, this is very bad to re-enter the password and, as sudo remember the code,
it is very useless. As you wish.
If this is a lake of functionnality rather than a simple bug, i suggest to use
different icons for the notifier :
* up to date. (but the menu is available.
* update available.
OR automatically update de db with the notifier. But beware of flood on the
network !
Thanks.
| Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote | #1 |
Thanks for your bugreport.
Update-notifer in itself does not reload the package database. It installs a
cron-job that does that nightly (actually it just set a apt configuration so
that apt does the updating nightly). The intervall can be configured via the
preferences menu in update-notifier. We don't want to display a icon if the
system is up-to-date.
I hope that answers your questions :) Feel free to reopen the bug if you are not
happy with this reasoning.
Michael