It turns out that the "child_exiited" function is not called in synaptic that signals it when dpkg was finished.
Here is the relevant code: VteReaper* reaper = vte_reaper_get(); g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(reaper), "child-exited", G_CALLBACK(child_exited), this); -- [kde4] synaptic does get when dpkg terminates when run with kdesudo https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156041 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs