Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1032732
Title:
Network connectivity check pings network location, not hostname
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
The Ubuntu Software Center attempts to ping the repository host on
startup to check for internet connectivity (when NetworkManager is not
present). However, the software-center uses the complete network
location (urlparse's netloc) as the ping destination - which causes
problems if the location contains a port component (or basic
authentication).
For example, our repository url is http://apt.mr.lan:3142/ubuntu. When
we start software-center, it attempts to ping "apt.mr.lan:3142", which
fails, and so the Install button is grayed out.
Log output:
INFO - Attempting one time ping of apt.mr.lan:3142 to test if internet
connectivity exists.
The following patch uses urlparse's hostname instead of netloc (also
attached):
--- netstatus.py.org 2012-08-03 05:27:37.913582505 +0000
+++ netstatus.py 2012-08-03 05:44:54.645406601 +0000
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
NETWORK_STATE = NetState.NM_STATE_DISCONNECTED
else:
# get a host to ping
- host = urlparse(source_list.list[0].uri)[1]
+ host = urlparse(source_list.list[0].uri).hostname
msg = ("Attempting one time ping of %s to test if internet "
"connectivity exists." % host)
logging.info(msg)
After applying patch:
INFO - Attempting one time ping of apt.mr.lan to test if internet
connectivity exists.
== OS and package versions ==
# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
# apt-cache policy software-center
software-center:
Installed: 5.2.4
Candidate: 5.2.4
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