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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Low => Medium

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
    Milestone: later => None

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/635101

Title:
  Broken apt cache error message is out of date

Status in Aptdaemon:
  Confirmed
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Software Center 2.1.18, Ubuntu Maverick
  Ubuntu Software Center 3.0.5, Ubuntu 10.10

  Based on test case sc-017 <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter
  #broken-cache>:

  1. sudo apt-get install 4g8 && sudo dpkg --force-depends -r libnet1
  2. Launch Ubuntu Software Center.

  (When finished testing, reset if necessary with "sudo apt-get remove
  4g8 libnet1".)

  What happens:
  2. An alert appears, "Items cannot be installed or removed until the package catalog is repaired. Do you want to repair it now?" "Once Update Manager has finished the repairs, you can close it and return to the store."

  Ubuntu Software Center now triggers the repair itself, so this message
  is out of date.

  What should happen:
  2. USC should launch as normal, but there should be a /!\ icon next to “Installed Software”. Clicking the icon should produce a PolicyKit alert: "Some software is not installed correctly, and may not run properly. You need to authenticate to repair the installation."

  That text could be in a separate alert from the authentication alert,
  but that would result in two alerts in a row, which is unpleasant.

  So, unless there is a good reason that you would *not* want to fix the
  apt cache (and therefore a reason we shouldn't take advantage of
  cached PolicyKit privileges to do it), the alert that presents that
  message should be the actual PolicyKit alert. That way we get one
  alert rather than two.

  That in turn means that there would need to be a specific aptdaemon
  PolicyKit privilege for this task.

  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#broken-cache>

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