The updater doesn't tell the problem.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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adept (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: adept
I get the little update notifier icon and I click on it. It tells me that it needs to upgrade some packages, I click OK and do the normal stuff. Then I get the error message: "There was an error commiting changes. Possibly there was a problem downloading some packages or the commit would break packages."
Then "Update complete, good bye". And no updates installed.
Not very good.
When running aptitude instead it gives much more information.
"Writing extended state information... Error!
E: I wasn't able to locate file for the conexant package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.
E: Couldn't lock list directory..are you root?"
So adept lets me know the error and how to fix it (put the conexant package with the other packages) but adept would remain "broken" forever with no hint on how to fix it.
The conexant package was installed with the kubuntu package menu from konqeror. Perhaps it should be fixed so that that functionality doesn't break adept?
Changed in adept: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
Nevermind my idea on how to "fix" things. It was something bigger it appeared. However the original point still stands. Adept doesn't give any information on how to fix the broken database.