Bug#417900: update-manager: Better integration with apt-listbugs

[Sven Arvidsson]

tags 417900 +confirmed
thanks

On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 12:30 +0100, Matthew Tylee Atkinson wrote:
> For users that have apt-listbugs installed, the package installation
> ``hangs'' at the ``preparing packages'' stage.  This is because
> apt-listbugs is waiting for input.  If the user expands the ``details''
> control, to get access to the mini-terminal, they can authorise
> apt-listbugs to continue the installation and it proceeds as expected.
> 
> Though it affects few people I'm sure, it would be good if this stage
> could be recognised and maybe the question asked in the GUI as opposed
> to the terminal.

Hi,

I'm just confirming the bug. Version 0.42.2 of update-manager is quite
old, there's a newer one in the experimental archive but it's not really
ready yet. We'll have to wait and see if it deals with apt-listbugs
better.

-- 
Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
http://www.whiz.se
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