https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=509700
Bug ID: 509700
Summary: Security updates are not treated like security updates
Classification: Applications
Product: Discover
Version First 6.3.6
Reported In:
Platform: Debian stable
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: PackageKit
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Updates coming from PackageKit are (incorrectly) treated like normal updates.
This has at least two effects:
- DiscoverNotifier doesn't prioritize its status icon as it should when
security updates are pending.
- DiscoverNotifier chooses the wrong icon: the one with the blue dot instead of
the one with the red dot.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Wait for a security update to be published on a distro that uses the
PackageKit backend.
2. Check for updates in Discover.
OBSERVED RESULT
If a status icon is shown, it's the one with the blue dot.
EXPECTED RESULT
The status icon with the red dot should be shown.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.6
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This is caused by a change within PackageKit: When sending Package and Packages
signals over d-bus, the info argument now contains two values packed into one
PkInfoEnum. The original info value is still present, and a new severity value
is shifted 16 bits and bitwise-OR-ed with the info value. Consequently, it
doesn't match any of the values that PackageKitNotifier::package() tests for,
so the special case for security updates never fires.
It's worth noting that recent packagekit-glib2 versions decode the two values,
but our PackageKitBackend doesn't use that library. In the long term, I suppose
it might be worth adding or changing a PackageKit-Qt interface to do the same.
For now, I have locally applied a patch that teaches PackageKitBackend to
decode the values and once again recognize security updates. I could submit it
as a merge request.
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