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. -- [karmic] update-manager sometimes requires entering password twice https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/437094 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
