[Bug 2141699] [NEW] Closes after selecting updates to install if no authentication agent is running

[Nathan Teodosio]

Public bug reported:

Update-manager closes after selecting updates to install if no
authentication agent is running.

You can verify this by running a window manager directly from a console,
e.g.

  startx /bin/mwm

Then start update-manager and select some updates to install. It will go
to the progress bar window normally but shortly after terminate without
a trace (not even stderr/stdout).

It works fine if one starts /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-
authentication-agent-1 before, though, and a password prompt will pop-up
at the time when update-manager had previously ended.

Verified on 26.04.2.

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

** Description changed:

  Update-manager closes after selecting updates to install if no
  authentication agent is running.
  
  You can verify this by running a window manager directly from a console,
  e.g.
  
-   startx /bin/mwm
+   startx /bin/mwm
  
  Then start update-manager and select some updates to install. It will go
  to the progress bar window normally but shortly after terminate without
- a trace.
+ a trace (not even stderr/stdout).
  
  It works fine if one starts /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-
  authentication-agent-1 before, though, and a password prompt will pop-up
  at the time when update-manager had previously ended.
+ 
+ Verified on 26.04.2.

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Title:
  Closes after selecting updates to install if no authentication agent
  is running

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Update-manager closes after selecting updates to install if no
  authentication agent is running.

  You can verify this by running a window manager directly from a
  console, e.g.

    startx /bin/mwm

  Then start update-manager and select some updates to install. It will
  go to the progress bar window normally but shortly after terminate
  without a trace (not even stderr/stdout).

  It works fine if one starts /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-
  authentication-agent-1 before, though, and a password prompt will pop-
  up at the time when update-manager had previously ended.

  Verified on 26.04.2.

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