english mistake

This is repeated in another string:

The packages '%s' are in an inconsistent state and need to be reinstalled, but no archive can be found for it.

it -> them

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug, however looking at the current version of the code this seems to be fixed [see below]. With which version of update-manager did you notice this? Thanks in advance.

            summary = ngettext("The package '%s' is in an inconsistent "
                               "state and needs to be reinstalled, but "
                               "no archive can be found for it. "
                               "Please reinstall the package manually "
                               "or remove it from the system.",
                               "The packages '%s' are in an inconsistent "
                               "state and need to be reinstalled, but "
                               "no archive can be found for it."
                               "Please reinstall the packages manually "
                               "or remove them from the system.",
                               len(reqreinst)) % ", ".join(reqreinst)

Still present in Jaunty:

https://translations.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/update-manager/+pots/update-manager/pt/+translate?batch=10&show=all&search=inconsistent+state+and+needs+to+be+reinstalled

Here is a patch to solve this. Also, the above quoted string's plural form says "The packages (...) for it.Please" , the patch fixes that too.

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:0.99

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update-manager (1:0.99) jaunty; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py:
    - enable apport crash capturing during upgrades
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeView.py:
    - create /var/lib/pycentral/pkgremove before the upgrade to
      help pycentral transition to the new python policy (thanks
      to doko)
  * ensure pidgin-libnotify is ugpraded (LP: #332328)
  * better wording for aborts (thanks to Gabor Kelemen and
    Jean-Baptiste Lallement), LP: #289303
  * wording fixes, thanks to Brian Murray and Gabor Kelemen
    LP: #269583
  * i18n fix, thanks to Gabor Kelemen, LP: #331821
  * support /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades.d/ directory
    for local overrides of the upgrade process. Useful to force
    certain site-specific options (like third party repository
    handling)
  * allow "[FreeSpace]\nSkipCheck=yes" override to skip free
    space checks (useful for testing)
  * support "[Sources"]\nAllowThirdParty=yes" override to skip
    commenting out of unknown repositories (LP: #147080)
  * debian/*.install:
    - updated for the new python layout (/u/l/p/dist-packages instead of
      /u/l/p/site-packages)
  * debian/rules:
    - use DH_PYCENTRAL=include-links instead of "nomove"
    - use "--install-layout=deb" in distutils
  * debian/control:
    - use "XS-Python-Version: all" instead of current
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py:
    - fix modalias path in NvidiaDetector
  * data/glade/UpdateManager.glade:
    - add "settings" button
  * UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py:
    - open software-properties when settings button
      is clicked (LP: #334959)
    - keep track of launch times via gconf
      (/apps/update-manager/launch_time)
  * debian/control:
    - recommend software-properties-gtk

  [ Brian Murray ]
  * DistUpgrade/multiple files:
    - fixed typographical error
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewText.py:
    - change "Restart required" default to N (LP: #328452)

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:33:12 +0100