Bug#516429: update-manager: error message is useless

[Michael Burschik]

Package: update-manager
Version: 0.68.debian-7
Severity: important


When running the smart upgrade feature of the update-manager, I get the
following error message:

   Could not apply changes!
   Fix broken packages first. 

Since there is no indication which packages are broken, let alone how to
fix them, this error message is completely useless. 


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers oldstable
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages update-manager depends on:
ii  gconf2                   2.22.0-1        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgnome2-perl           1.042-1+b1      Perl interface to the GNOME librar
ii  python                   2.5.2-3         An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-dbus              0.83.0-1        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  python-glade2            2.12.1-6        GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii  python-gnome2            2.22.0-1        Python bindings for the GNOME desk
ii  python-support           0.8.7           automated rebuilding support for P
ii  python-vte               1:0.16.14-4     Python bindings for the VTE widget
ii  software-properties-gtk  0.60.debian-1.1 manage the repositories that you i
ii  synaptic                 0.62.5          Graphical package manager
ii  update-manager-core      0.68.debian-7   APT update manager core functional

update-manager recommends no packages.

Versions of packages update-manager suggests:
ii  update-notifier          0.70.7.debian-5 Daemon which notifies about packag

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