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update-manager package

Update manager ignores proxy settings when attempting to download upgrade tool for Dapper.

Bug #40626 reported by Antonio D'souza
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
update-manager (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Michael Vogt

Bug Description

On a Breezy system that is configured to use a proxy run `gksudo "update-manager -d"` and upgrade to Dapper.
It will hang while trying to download the upgrade tool.

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Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe) wrote :

I believe the update-manager proxy has to be manually configured in synaptic (but I might be wrong)...

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Antonio D'souza (quikchange) wrote :

It has already been configured. Those settings simply are not being used when trying to download the upgrade manager.

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Thanks for your bugreport.

Could you plrease retry with the latest version of the update-manager tool in breezy-updates? It should set the correct proxy settings now.

Thanks,
 michael

Changed in update-manager:
assignee: nobody → mvo
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Antonio D'souza (quikchange) wrote :

I have already workeed around te bug by running t the lo tooll as root so I can' neither confirm nor deny wether it has been fixed./

Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in update-manager:
importance: Medium → High
status: Needs Info → Confirmed
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

I close this bug now because this should be fixed for breezy->dapper with the version in breezy-updates.

Changed in update-manager:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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