How does it prevent users to install security updates? Those are automatically downloaded and applied in background by unattendeed- upgrade. Also software-properties is used to configure sources, not to apply updates, is your issue also impacting update manager?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to software-properties in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1904775 Title: software-properties-gtk hangs indefinitely if a single source server is down Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Since this prevents non-technical users from installing critical security updates and does not give them any useful information, I consider it a security issue. A single repository server is down and a bug in software-properties- gtk will prevent non-technical users to continue installing security updates. Example: The Darktable repository is currently offline: https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=graphics:darktable:stable&package=darktable Running sudo apt update clearly shows that one repository is offline. When I open Software Sources app (software-properties-gtk) and it starts to “Refresh Software Cache”, I expect the following: - software sources are being refreshed. - this might take a little longer than normal. - it throws an error and returns to the main screen. - the user can continue normally. In short: it should cope with a server being down. The actual behaviour: - refreshing takes forever. - Ubuntu throws an error saying it hit an error, asking to send the report about software-properties. - I have to manually force close the loading screen. - I can close the main window of software-properties. - when I launch "Software Sources" again, I get an empty square window. This should not happen when a server happens to be down. Running sudo apt update clearly shows that one repository is offline. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: software-properties-gtk 0.98.9.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-54.60-generic 5.4.65 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-54-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: Budgie:GNOME Date: Wed Nov 18 19:59:49 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-11-18 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Budgie 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-properties UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1904775/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
