This is indeed a bitesize bug but after fixing this bug #874766 becomes more important: After canceling the authentication dialog you will not get an error dialog, but the comboboxes on the Updates tab will not revert to the original (saved) values, thus you will see wrong values.
** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Robert Roth (evfool) ** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058072 Title: Cancelling PolicyKit authorization produces silly error message To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1058072/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs