[Bug 1623856] Re: Scrolled Windows in update-manager are too small to read

[Brian Murray]

On Thu, Apr 06, 2017 at 01:09:21AM -0000, Scott Cowles Jacobs wrote:
> Hmmm...  back in November, I added the Proposed repository shown above in Other Software
> (https://launchpad.net/~flexiondotorg/+archive/ubuntu/sru),
> and from it obtained:
> aptdaemon (1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu16.16.10.1~yakkety1.0 )

This version of aptdaemon was never in the official Ubuntu archive, and
in fact the url you've provided is a PPA.

> The fix-release version in #41 above is:
> 
> aptdaemon (1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu16.2) yakkety;
> 
> This has not shown up in my repositories yet, and I am wondering about the version
> numbering...  surely the version I have is technically a higher version than the release
> (16 being higher than 2)

This version of aptdaemon is still going through the phased-updates
process is only being presented to 20% of users who use update-manager
to update their packages. If you use apt-get install aptdaemon and have
-proposed enabled you'd get the new version of aptdaemon.

> In Synaptic, it shows the 16.2 version in Versions, as well as mine (and also the assumed 
> original 16), but Package->Force Version, selecting 16.2 has no effect on the version, and
> "Apply" is ghosted.
> Even unchecking the Other Software repository and Reloading the package list did not change anything.
> Perhaps it is because there are three other aptdaemon-related packages with the same version
> string as aptdaemon (aptdaeman-date, and two python3 pkgs.) that perhaps would not work if aptdaemon changed its version.

The version of aptdaemon you have installed,
1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu16.16.10.1~yakkety1.0, from some other repository is
in fact greater than the one in the official Ubuntu archive for yakkety.
You'll actually want to "downgrade" to the version of aptdaemon from the
archive.

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Title:
  Scrolled Windows in update-manager are too small to read

Status in aptdaemon package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in aptdaemon source package in Yakkety:
  Fix Released
Status in update-manager source package in Yakkety:
  Fix Released
Status in aptdaemon source package in Zesty:
  Fix Released
Status in update-manager source package in Zesty:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]

    * Expanding the scrolled windows for download progress or technical
  details in update-manager are just one line high, making them
  unreadable.

  [ Test Case ]

    * Install Ubuntu 16.10 final or 17.04 daily.
    * Open update-manager and wait for it to refresh.
    * Select an update from the "Details of updates" section
    * Then expand the "Technical description", you'll see the scrolled window is just one line high. (This exercises update-manager)
    * Choose to install an update, preferably a large one, and click "Install"
    * While the update(s) are downloading click the "Details" expander
    * You'll see the scrolled window is just one line high. (This exercises aptdaemon)

  After installing the patched aptdaemon and update-manager packages
  following the same steps will result in both scrolled windows
  defaulting to several lines of readable output.

  [ Regression Potential ]

    * None.
    * racb: a mistake in the patch could cause the window appearance to screw up in some other way.

  [ Other Info ]

  ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: update-manager 1:16.10.5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-9136.55-generic 4.4.16
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-9136-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Sep 15 10:10:08 2016
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'406'
   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'1473927310'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-25 (51 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
  PackageArchitecture: allSourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-09-06 (8 days ago)

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