Bug#552247: update-manager-gnome: fatal error if select 'No' to safe upgrade question

[david wright]

Package: update-manager-gnome
Version: 0.200.0~rc4-1
Severity: important

run: gksudo update-manager

Prompted for password:
-> enter password

GUI popup:
Upgrading may require removal or installation of new packages.
Do you want to perform a safe-upgrade, which does not remove packages or
install new ones

-> click No

[then 'Install Updates' button is greyed out, until you deselect, then
reselect any package
in the 'Distribution Updates' list - see bug #551464]

Results in a GUI pop up consisting of:

"A fatal error has been detected in update-manager.
Do you want to submit a bug report?
Selecting No will close the application."


(clicking 'Yes' proceedes as expected)


Desired Results:
run: gksudo update-manager

Prompted for password:
-> enter password

click 'Install Updates'

Updates Installed


(this seems similiar to bug #547329, but I wouldn't call this a 'crash'
per-se)


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-486
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-gnome depends on:
ii  gconf2                     2.26.2-3      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gksu                       2.0.2-2+b1    graphical frontend to su
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-gconf               2.28.0-1      Python bindings for the GConf conf
ii  python-gobject             2.18.0-1      Python bindings for the GObject li
ii  python-gtk2                2.16.0-1      Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii  python-support             1.0.3         automated rebuilding support for P
ii  python-vte                 1:0.20.5-1    Python bindings for the VTE widget
ii  update-manager-core        0.200.0~rc4-1 APT update manager core functional

update-manager-gnome recommends no packages.

Versions of packages update-manager-gnome suggests:
ii  software-properties-gtk  0.60.debian-1.1 manage the repositories that you i
ii  update-notifier          0.70.7.debian-7 Daemon which notifies about packag

-- no debconf information