Re: [Synaptic-devel] Apply button after upgrade was: Funny Bug

[Michael Vogt]

On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 01:15:37AM +0200, Hein-Jan Leliveld wrote:
> Hello,
Hi,
 
> Last month this bug was posted:
> > I'm using:
> > synaptic/unstable uptodate 0.51-1
> > 
> > And I had the "problem" that synaptic told me that there were unapplied
> > updates after an upgrade. But the upgrade was successfull and there were
> > no upgrades.
> > I've pressed apply and the download window and the "shell window"
> > appeared, vanished and I could close synaptic without the "error message".
> 
> I also use synaptic 0.51-1 from unstable.
> Steps to reproduce the bug (assuming there are packages in need of
> upgrading):
> 
> 1) click 'Refresh' for a new package list
> 2) click 'installed (upgradable)' to see which packages needs upgrading
> (I think this one is optional :)
> 3) click 'Mark All Upgrades'
> 4) click 'Apply'
> 5a) wait until everything finishes (without warnings etc.)
> 5b) click 'Close' to dismiss the installation console
> 6) click the close button of the window manager to close synaptic
> WITHOUT clicking anything else in the synaptic window
> 
> An error message about unapplied changes will pop up, even if there are
> no changes to make. A workaround is to first click on for example 'New
> in repository', and then close synaptic.

Thanks. I can't really reproduce this problem here because I'm behind
a slow link right now and it will take ages to do a full upgrade :) 

But I think the attached patch will fix the problem. It would be great
if someone could test it for me.

thanks,
 Michael
 
> Hein-Jan
> 
> 
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