Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: update-notifier
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
update-notifier:
Installed: 0.70.9
Candidate: 0.70.9
Version table:
*** 0.70.9 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.70.7 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
ubunet development has moved to a different configuration for a private PPA. As
part of this, repository info is now in
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubunet.list
Since username and password are kept in ubunet.list, it is set to chmod
600.
Unfortunately this appears to cause problems for update-notifier, as it
shows orange "updates available"
Clicking on the icon to retrieve updated results in
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Could not initialize the package information
A unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package
information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include
the following error message:
'E:Opening /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubunet.list - ifstream::ifstream (13
Permission denied), E:The list of sources could not be read.'
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acknowledging this dialog closes update manager.
This sequence of events is probably happening because update-notifier is
trying to read the file prior to prompting for su creds. It should
handle this with a credentials prompt, or some other manner that doesn't
result in unceremonious exit.
sudo apt-get (etc) does get the updates, but update-notifier is still
showing "updates ready" Mousing over it in this state gives a tooltip of
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An error occured, please run Package Manager from the right-click menu or
apt-get in a terminal to see what is wrong. The error mesage was: ' Error:
Opening the cache (E:Opening /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubunet.list -
ifstream::ifstream (13 Permission denied), E: the list of sources could not be
read.)'This usually means that your installed packages have unmet dependencies
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Neither suggestion in the tooltip clears the status.
** Affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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update-notifier doesn't handle secured .list files gracefully
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269467
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