[Bug 414181] Re: "Install Updates" button does nothing when Update Manager opened by itself

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Craig, I appreciate that this is aggravating, but a bug tracker is not a
support system. It is a system for helping a finite number of developers
make best use of their time. A bug that -- while annoying -- is
relatively minor, has a workaround, and probably was fixed three years
ago, probably will not attract the attention of many developers.

There are several ways you could attract a developer's attention to it.
One would be to pay them to work on it. Another would be to raise the
issue anywhere *except* this bug report, since everyone subscribed to
this bug report already knows that the issue exists.

Another would be to do some of the work yourself, to make the rest of
the work easier. Assuming that the bug is already fixed in 12.10 and
later, the goal here would be a stable release update (SRU) for 12.04
that includes the fix. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates>
The first step would be to identify the particular change between 12.04
and 12.10 that fixed the bug, so that a new version containing only that
fix can be issued.

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Title:
  "Install Updates" button does nothing when Update Manager opened by
  itself

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Invalid
Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Occurs in: Ubuntu 9.04, Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.10, Ubuntu 12.04
  Does not occur in: Ubuntu 12.10

  Update manager loads periodically and informs of new updates available.  Clicking "Install Updates" button does nothing.
  The expected behavior (for this user) is that it ask for administrative password and then install the updates.
  However, if the "Check" button is clicked, then Admin Pass is requested, check is performed, and "Install Updates' button becomes active.

  Once learned this is only an annoyance.  If this is the correct
  behavior, the install updates button should be greyed or a notice
  given to recheck before installing.

  WORKAROUND:
  click "check updates" before clicking on "install"

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