Bug#519191: Shows updates; but does not install them

[Adnan Hodzic]

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

update-manager shows updates, but when you try to install these same
updates it just won't do anything.

Ugly workaround would be to run update-manager through terminal as
root/super user and then you'll be able to
install those same updates.

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absinthe at havoc:~$ sudo update-manager
current dist not found in meta-release file
could not send the dbus Inhibit signal:
org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name
org.gnome.PowerManager
was not provided by any .service files
absinthe at havoc:~$

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (1000, 'testing'), (900, 'unstable'), (500, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

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

Versions of packages update-manager depends on:
ii  gconf2                   2.24.0-7        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgnome2-perl           1.042-1+b1      Perl interface to the GNOME librar
ii  python                   2.5.4-2         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:
pn  update-notifier               <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information

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