missing python-vte causes upgrade failure
Bug #63609 reported by
Nathan Walp
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Updater |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
| update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Running update-manager -c -d on my dapper laptop, and attempting to upgrade to edgy failed. The window disappeared, and a message was printed to the console (I forgot to save) about being unable to find DistUpgradeViewGtk. I googled around and found that the problem was that I did not have the python-vte package installed.
It is unusual to not have python-vte installed, since it is part of the ubuntu-desktop task, but if Joe User gets into this state, they will be unable to upgrade using update-manager. update-manager (or perhaps one of its dependencies) should depend on python-vte to prevent a less experienced user from getting stuck.
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| Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in update-manager: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Fix Committed |
| Changed in update-manager: | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
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| Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in update-manager: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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Thanks for your bugreport.
This is fixed in my bzr tree now and will be part of the next upload.
Cheers,
Michael