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[Rolf Leggewie <1043356@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I guess this might be working as designed.

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Title:
  Synaptic won't offer to install unauthenticated packages

Status in synaptic package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Unlike with the command line, where 'apt-get install somepackage' can
  yield:

  WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
    somepackage
  Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y

  Synaptic does not offer to install the unauthenticated package.

  In the particular case of this filing, the issue seems to have been a
  refresh one, because running 'apt-get update' meant a retry of 'apt-
  get install linux-libc-dev' finally worked.  The first attempts to
  install the updated Linux headers (reported by Update manager) yielded
  an "unauthenticated sources" error message.  With no further details.
  Trying the command line revealed that apt was trying to get linux-
  libc-dev_3.2.0-24.37_amd64.deb, whereas the repository only holds
  3.2.0-23.36, 29.46 and 30.48.

  Another issue I have is that the error message reads:

  E: Unable to fetch some archives, try running apt-get update or apt-
  get --fix-missing.

  'apt-get update' works, but 'apt-get --fix-missing' is an abject
  failure.  The message should be:

  E: Unable to fetch some archives, try running apt-get update or apt-
  get install --fix-missing packagename.

  Interestingly, running 'apt-get install --fix-missing linux-libc-dev'
  (before 'apt-get update') yielded this:

  WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
    linux-libc-dev
  Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
  Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main linux-libc-dev amd64 3.2.0-24.37
    404  Not Found
  Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-libc-dev_3.2.0-24.37_amd64.deb 404  Not Found
  E: Internal Error, ordering was unable to handle the media swap

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: synaptic 0.75.9ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDmesg.txt:
   [  132.898188] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (2011) terminated with status 1
   [  831.708467] hrtimer: interrupt took 4405905 ns
  Date: Wed Aug 29 09:46:18 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  SourcePackage: synaptic
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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