Bad use of dist-upgrade
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Wishlist
|
Michael Vogt | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
Yesterday, update-manager needed to "dist-upgrade" to upgrade all packages correctly. This is rather normal sometimes (not in production environments, though), but it is quite a common task.
Update-manager presented a window saying "you need to upgrade the distribution" and then another window "upgrading to ubuntu 6.10". This is not incorrect, but for the non-techie user this is a problem. The user might think that the computer is upgrading to a NEW distribution, rather than just updating the current one (with a different apt commandline, but for the user this is not important)
What I mean is that, though update-manager called apt with a dist-upgrade, it should be careful not to present the "distribution upgrade" window if the distribution isn't actually upgrading
| Changed in update-manager: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
| Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in update-manager: | |
| assignee: | nobody → mvo |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Thanks for your bugreport.
This is fixed in hardy, it now says "partial upgrade" in the header.