[Bug 1738428] [NEW] update-manager doesn't reflect updates installed on the console meanwhile

[Karl-Philipp Richter]

Public bug reported:

After `sudo apt-get update` on console which found new updates
available, `update-manager` pops up with a notification that this is the
case with a noticable delay. If one ran `sudo apt-get dist-upgrade` in
the meantime and `apt-get dist-upgrade` finished it appears strage to
get a notification about updates which have just been installed.

The dialog should re-check the state right before being displayed and
not be displayed in case `apt-get` is running or installed the updates
already. And it'd be nice if the dialog could check in the background
whether updates are installed while it was displayed and update it's
content saying that new updates have been installed meanwhile (it
shouldn't simply disappear since that causes users to wonder what that
dialog was).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: update-manager 1:17.10.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-19.22-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu
Date: Fri Dec 15 15:35:43 2017
GsettingsChanges:
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'744'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'1301'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'int64 1513348134'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-12 (734 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-19 (56 days ago)

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful third-party-packages

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Title:
  update-manager doesn't reflect updates installed on the console
  meanwhile

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After `sudo apt-get update` on console which found new updates
  available, `update-manager` pops up with a notification that this is
  the case with a noticable delay. If one ran `sudo apt-get dist-
  upgrade` in the meantime and `apt-get dist-upgrade` finished it
  appears strage to get a notification about updates which have just
  been installed.

  The dialog should re-check the state right before being displayed and
  not be displayed in case `apt-get` is running or installed the updates
  already. And it'd be nice if the dialog could check in the background
  whether updates are installed while it was displayed and update it's
  content saying that new updates have been installed meanwhile (it
  shouldn't simply disappear since that causes users to wonder what that
  dialog was).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: update-manager 1:17.10.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-19.22-generic 4.13.13
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-19-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.6
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu
  Date: Fri Dec 15 15:35:43 2017
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'744'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'1301'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'int64 1513348134'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-12 (734 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-19 (56 days ago)

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