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Ubuntu Software Center does not provide opportunity to trust untrusted packages from unauthenticated sources during GUI prompt

Bug #656595 reported by penalvch on 2010-10-08

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #705988: [master] Untrusted packages can not be installed. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	software-center (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: software-center

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu maverick (development branch)
Release: 10.10

2) apt-cache policy software-center
software-center:
  Installed: 3.0.4
  Candidate: 3.0.4
  Version table:
*** 3.0.4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) Thank you for reading this. What is expected to happen is when one opens the Ubuntu Software Center, types octave in the top right hand side search box, clicks the "Install" button, the GUI popup notes how the install requires packages from untrusted sources, one is provided in the same GUI popup the untrusted source(s) specifically and opportunity to trust the untrusted source.

4) What happened instead is the popup notes that the install requires packages from untrusted sources, does not state what those sources are (please see screenshot.png), then places one back to the USC with the install not accomplished. If questions exist, please ask.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: software-center 3.0.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 7 20:08:35 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100901.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2010-10-08:

Screenshot.png Edit (144.8 KiB, image/png)
Dependencies.txt Edit (6.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Michael Vogt (mvo) on 2010-10-11

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2010-12-03:

In Maverick, opened the Ubuntu Software Center, typed octave in the top right hand side search box, clicked the "Install" button and it installed with no problems. Marking Fix Released.

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10

apt-cache policy software-center
software-center:
  Installed: 3.0.5
  Candidate: 3.0.5
  Version table:
*** 3.0.5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0.4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages

apt-cache policy octave3.2
octave3.2:
  Installed: 3.2.4-6
  Candidate: 3.2.4-6
  Version table:
*** 3.2.4-6 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2010-12-15:

In Maverick, tried to install virtualbox-ose via USC, got same prompt about untrusted packages with no mechanism in GUI prompt to trust anyways and was prevented from continuing the install. However, closed USC, opened Synaptic, ticked virtualbox-ose, got same prompt about untrusted sources, but was able to install anyways. The problem this bug mentioned originally was never dealt with, the resultant problem was. Marking this bug New.

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10

apt-cache policy softwareapt-cache policy synaptic
synaptic:
  Installed: 0.63.1ubuntu14
  Candidate: 0.63.1ubuntu14
  Version table:
*** 0.63.1ubuntu14 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
-center
software-center:
  Installed: 3.0.7
  Candidate: 3.0.7
  Version table:
*** 3.0.7 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0.4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages

apt-cache policy synaptic
synaptic:
  Installed: 0.63.1ubuntu14
  Candidate: 0.63.1ubuntu14
  Version table:
*** 0.63.1ubuntu14 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status:	Fix Released → New

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2010-12-17:

In Maverick, this problem occurred attempting to install alarm-clock-applet.

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Tom Harris (tom-harris) wrote on 2011-01-19:

Switched this back to confirmed since Michael Vogt already confirmed it before

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Kiwinote (kiwinote) wrote on 2011-01-21:

Hi! Thanks for your bug report. As there are many duplicate bug reports regarding this issue, we will continue to track this issue over at the master bug report - bug 705988. Please continue to report any bugs you may find in software-center. Thanks again for your help!