You can use "pkcon refresh" to refresh the cache. If you execute this in a terminal, do you get the same error messages AND does Apper still complain about an unrefreshed cache? (If yes, this is a issue in the aptcc backend)
2011/11/18 Sergio Callegari <[email protected]>: > apt-get gives an error message, but that's all... then everything works > just fine. > > Apper gives the error message and then keeps complaining that the > package cache was not refreshed. > > As an aside: apper is really too picky about the package cache not being > refreshed. > If I refresh the cache using apt-get, apper should realize that the cache was > in fact refreshed. However to have apper see a cache refresh, you need to > refresh the cache from apper. Why cannot it just look at cache files access > times? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to apper > in Ubuntu. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/879938 > > Title: > Things that should be mere warnings block apper > > Status in “apper” package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > If you have something wrong in your package list, apper stops with an > error. This makes upper keep saying that the package list was not > refreshed. > > To reproduce > > 1) Put in your /etc/apt/sources.list.d something that is still not up there. > In my case, I have a ppa repo for which nothing has been published yet for > oneiric. But I like to have the ppa there, so as soon as packages are ported > to oneiric I can realize it. > 2) Try refreshing the package list with synaptic and apper. > > For synaptic, there are just some warnings, which is perfectly fine. > Apper exits with an error. > > BTW, if the package list is refreshed with synaptic, there is no > reason why apper should say it has not been refreshed for a long time. > Particularly because in spite of this, apper can correctly detect if > there are packages to be updated. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 > Package: apper 0.7.0~20111008-0ubuntu1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 > Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Sat Oct 22 16:40:00 2011 > InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) > SourcePackage: apper > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-16 (6 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apper/+bug/879938/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/879938 Title: Things that should be mere warnings block apper To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apper/+bug/879938/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
