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.
** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = In Progress
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[karmic] update-manager sometimes requires entering password twice
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But note that the reverse (can upgrade but not install) could be useful :)
So the installation privilege should include upgrade privileges, but not the
other way around.
** Summary changed:
- [karmic] update-manager sometimes requires entering password twice
+ [karmic] update-manager asks for
I've had this quite a few times. When it happens I normally get the
Applying Changes window stuck on Waiting for other tasks.
I think it often happens when I run update-manager for the second time
without a reboot, and after the reboot it works fine.
Let me know if there are any specific tests
Also tried to install a package at the command line after this happened
(sudo aptitude install) and got
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily
unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another
process using it?
...
And I
Having just done all that, it appears that the install completed in the
background - the restart required window appeared, and checking at the
command line I can install again.
So it appears that one of the password windows does start the install
but doesn't show the window to the user. And the
** Also affects: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
Milestone: None = ubuntu-9.10
** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Medium
** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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Last time when I got this bug there were both new installs and upgrades.
I don't know whether it happens when there are only upgrades.
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[karmic] update-manager sometimes requires entering password twice
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** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32481825/Dependencies.txt
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[karmic] update-manager sometimes requires entering password twice
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Thanks for the bug report. I can confirm the bug on Karmic.
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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[karmic] update-manager sometimes requires entering password twice
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Thanks Nicolas. Did you notice if there were both new packages and
updates to existing ones when you were asked to enter the password
twice? Just curious.
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[karmic] update-manager sometimes requires entering password twice
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