GuiPlug update manager bugs

[Ralph Houston]

This software has at least three bugs. It reports:

• a fatal error then runs anyway
• file sizes as MB when they are really kB (2000MB insead of 2MB)
• that updates have not installed, when in fact they have

Can something be done please?

[NewIT_James]

Ralph,

Are you running the Update Manager from Gnome or using 'apt -get upgrade'?

NewITJames

[Ralph Houston]

I click on the 'rosette' (top right), so the Gnome route

[NewIT_James]

Ralph,

Using
 

Code:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

from the root terminal will achieve the same thing. I will have a look at why using the 'rosette' is not working correctly.

NewITJames

[NewIT_James]

This problem applies to the Sheevaplug version also.

The problem may be being caused by /etc/default/locale being missing but I will investigate further and update this post.

NewITJames

[Ralph Houston]

This problem still applies.
When running update manager in the GUI:
- the updates are reported as each being 1GB, no matter the real size
- you get a message asking if you want to send a bug report which you must confirm
- there is then a 'no updates applied' message, but in fact they have been
This can't be a major fix!