Almost fixed. Update-manager now seems to do this, it tells you it couldn't download the changelog and check your internet connection. But if it tried once and it couldn't download the changelog and then you do check you connection and fix it, it won't look for the changes in the packages you already viewed again.
-- Detect internet connection before downloading changelog https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19372 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs