[Bug 890536] Re: Entries that are deleted from the Other software list just reappear.

[Terry Relph-Knight]

On 05/12/11 03:27, Tim wrote:
> Happy to help :)
>
> Try this.  Run:
>
> gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pidgin-ppa.list
>
> Comment(#) out the lines in there so it looks like this:
>
> #deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main
> #deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main
>
> Then save the file, close it, and in a terminal run:
>
> sudo apt-get update
>
> Then look in the update-manager again to see if pidgin is still there.
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Followed your instructions - when I ran the Update Manager for the first 
time I did not get the 'Failed to download repository' message and the 
update proceeded normally. When I looked in the Other Software entries 
tab I could see the two Pidgin entries were still there but un-checked. 
I cannot now remember if at any point I had tried de-selecting them 
using the check mark rather than just trying a removal. However 
following a re-boot the entries are back checked and I see the 'Failed 
to download repository' message again. Those little buggers just won't 
go away. BTW - I can't see it would make any difference but I am running 
the GNOME 2 shell on 11.10.

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Title:
  Entries that are deleted from the Other software list just reappear.

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When running 'check for updates' in the Update Manager it objects to
  two PPA entries for Pidgin in the 'other software' list. If I try
  deleting these the deletion lasts while Update Manager is open, but
  when closed and re-opened these entries re-appear.

  I have a perhaps related problem with adding software reviews in the
  Software Centre. I can post reviews but once posted I cannot edit
  them.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Nov 15 04:21:53 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (32 days ago)

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