[Bug 818760] Re: update-manager crashed with timeout in readline(): timed out

[shaju]

It is a very severe problem when we accept udates thruogh   any packages
using an       unseccure internet connection. Through update manager
faulty net connections  give us faulty information about available
updates. Some times they pump in large quadities of updates from other
sources which may reject by official autherisation.

 While taking updates with Terminal using such 'free for all internet
connection' it interupt downlading saying ....."something wicked
happen......... there is no address associate with host name"or  error
404 IP adress........... etc, and towards  end of updating, the
connection reset,  users automatically pulled back to  the satage of pre
update. Many a security updates are blocked to users by this way, result
in more bugs.

Open internet connections are problem to all linux users .It is
suspected a lobby working behind such free internet service their
motivation is simply anti OPEN SYSTEMS.

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Title:
  update-manager crashed with timeout in readline(): timed out

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “update-manager” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  This timeout is one of the top errors on errors.ubuntu.com and is afffecting lots of people.

  [Test Case]
  There is no trivial way to reproduce this as it only happens with a flaky internet connection.  Without an internet connection update-manager errors in a different way.  A regression test should be sufficient.

  update-manager crashed trying to read the meta-release file.  This may
  be caused due to local network issues, regardless update-manager
  should not crash in this case.

  ProblemType: CrashDistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.152.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.9-generic 3.0.0
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Jul 31 02:27:14 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110705.1)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/update-manager
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=es_VE:es
   LANG=es_VE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager']SourcePackage: update-manager
  Title: update-manager crashed with timeout in readline(): timed out
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-29 (2 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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