Ubuntu
synaptic package

quick search does not work for added repositories

Bug #377932 reported by Captain Chaos
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One Hundred Papercuts
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synaptic (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: synaptic

When you add a new repository to the software sources, Synaptic's quick search function does not work for the new repository.

I added the http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian repository, but when I quick search for "virtualbox" it only finds the one in the Ubuntu repositories. Even if I explicitly select the new repository as Origin, and I see the virtualbox-2.2 package there, when I type virtualbox or even virtualbox-2.2 in the Quick search field it disappears.

When I first used Synaptic I noticed that it said something like "building quick search index". Apparently it doesn't rebuild this index when a new repository is added.

The expected behaviour is that the index is rebuilt when a new repository is added so that quick search will find the new packages.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: synaptic 0.62.5ubuntu3
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64

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Captain Chaos (launchpad-chaos) wrote :
raghu (raghukiran-gmail)
Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Vish (vish) wrote :

Thank you for bringing this bug to our attention. Unfortunately a paper cut should be a small usability issue that affects many people and is quick and easy to fix. I'm afraid this bug can't be addressed as part of this project.

Synaptic is being replaced by AppCentre in 9.10 , Hence not a papercut issue. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppCenter
A paper cut is a minor usability annoyance that an average user would encounter on his/her first day of using a new installation of Ubuntu 9.10.

For further info about papercuts criteria , pls read > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PaperCut

Don't worry though, This bug has been marked as "invalid" ONLY in the papercuts project.

Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: New → Invalid
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for your report. I can't reproduce this issue in Lucid. Is it still an issue for you ?

Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Captain Chaos (launchpad-chaos) wrote :

No, it appears to have been fixed some time in the last ten months.

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for following up. I'm closing this report due to your last comment.
Don't hesitate to submit any new bug.

Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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