Bug#492863: update-notifier: the tray icon keeps finding updates even when the system is up to date

[sam penny]

Another case:

update-notifier says there's one update available, but when I double-click to open update-manager, it says I'm up to date.

apt-get update agrees with update-manager

apt-get dist-upgrade says I have one *NEW* package to install, dash.

update-manager has an optional command line parameter to make it do dist-upgrade instead of [safe-]upgrade, perhaps update-notifier could just make use of this?

As an aside, why would dist-upgrade want to install a new package without that occurring alongside a package upgrade to a version with new dependencies? :-S

Cheers & God bless
    Sam "SammyTheSnake" Penny