'Mark for upgrade' does not work for upgradable packages

Bug #564320 reported by Benjamin Drung
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
synaptic (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Jean-Baptiste Lallement
Lucid
Fix Released
High
Jean-Baptiste Lallement

Bug Description

Binary package hint: synaptic

Open synaptic and double click on a upgradable package or select Package -> 'Mark for upgrade'. Nothing will happen.

This is a regression in 0.63.1ubuntu4, because 0.63.1ubuntu3 worked without problems.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: synaptic 0.63.1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.31-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 16 02:18:04 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic

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Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote :
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Harry (harry33) wrote :

Yes this is true.
I had to downgrade this package to 0.63.1ubuntu3.
Only the "Mark All Upgrades" button works.

Benjamin Drung (bdrung)
Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
tags: added: regression-potential
Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
importance: Undecided → High
status: Triaged → In Progress
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

fix committed to my branch against lucid.

Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package synaptic - 0.63.1ubuntu5

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synaptic (0.63.1ubuntu5) lucid; urgency=low

  [ Jean-Baptiste Lallement ]
  * gtk/rgmainwindow.cc:
    - Fix 'Mark for upgrade' regression over beta2 (LP: #564320)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:04:36 +0200

Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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