[Bug 1638744] Re: all updates fail when one package is broken

[Seth Arnold]

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Title:
  all updates fail when one package is broken

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  update-manager reports "failed to download repository information"
  then offers to install some updates
  but then reports "the package system is broken"
  and when clicking <OK> just terminates.

  update-manager should install what it can rather than install nothing.

  This is especially bad when it thereby prevents install of important
  security updates.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: update-manager 1:16.04.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-45.66-generic 4.4.21
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-45-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Nov  3 10:30:18 2016
  DpkgHistoryLog.txt:
   
  DpkgTerminalLog.txt:
   
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'422'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'484'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1478127535'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-08 (421 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-05 (89 days ago)

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