Ubuntu
update-manager package

  1. Bug #437094
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 437094

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Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote : Re: [karmic] update-manager sometimes requires entering password twice

Actually this is a policy decision. Currently there are separate priviliges for installing and updating packages. The CommitPackages mehtods checks if each one of them is required.

I cannot think of a use case in which somebody is allowed to install software but not allowed to upgrade software.