I see the code has changed substantially. I tried to reproduce it with the old code, but I didn't manage to trigger the "new version of Ubuntu is available" dialog. As the code has changed, possibly the issue is gone.
Any idea on how can I test this - how can I force the "new version of Ubuntu is available" dialog to appear? (I'm running 11.10 now, so now update-manager has no reason to show me the dialog by itself.) As for reproducing: The issue was a result of some proxy handling mess + being on a network where the only way to the internet is via a proxy (direct connection not allowed). E.g. this should reproduce the bug if it's still there: 1) find/set up some proxy running on port != 80 2) disable outgoing connections on port 80 (something like: iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j REJECT) 3) set up http_proxy + proxy in Apt (Acquire::http::Proxy "http://yourproxy:port";;) 4) check that direct connection to the web does not work, but that connection via the proxy works 5) make update-manager show the "new version of Ubuntu is available" dialog; if the release notes/info document fetched by the update-manager via HTTP displays correctly, then the bug is gone (if the document being fetched by the dialog is served by a HTTP server on port other than 80, replace the 80 in the steps above with the port number the server runs on.) As an added bonus: try to use different proxies for APT and for http_proxy and see which one is used for fetching the release notes/info document. In the old code, I had the feeling that APT proxy took priority over http_proxy, but I think for the web page load, http_proxy should be used. And for APT the apt proxy. Admittedly, in real life, the proxies will be the same, so this might be just splitting hairs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/880090 Title: "Ubuntu distro Upgrade Available" dialog ignores HTTP proxy settings when fetching release info To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/880090/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
