To be clear, the updates will not be installed.  This is by design.  The
check box for this option says "download updates", not "download and
install".

Jonathan,

The contents of your apt cache lead be to believe that the functionality
is in fact working.  Was that /var/cache/apt from the target filesystem?

If anyone is still hitting this bug, please put set -x on the second
line of /usr/share/ubiquity/scripts/update-apt-cache and make the
following change to /usr/share/ubiquity/install.py:

=== modified file 'scripts/install.py'
--- scripts/install.py  2010-09-16 08:13:20 +0000
+++ scripts/install.py  2010-10-04 08:24:08 +0000
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@
             # imagine.  Have those spin until the lock is released.
             if self.db.get('ubiquity/download_updates') == 'true':
                 cmd = ['/usr/share/ubiquity/update-apt-cache']
-                subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
-                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+                subprocess.Popen(cmd)
             try:
                 self.copy_all()
             except EnvironmentError, e:

Then run the install again, being sure to check the download updates
box.  When the install completes, attach /var/log/syslog and
/var/log/installer/debug to this bug report.

Thanks!

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