update-manager should not remove deb-packaged Firefox on flavors
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Impish |
Won't Fix
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Brian Murray | ||
Impish |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Brian Murray |
Bug Description
[Impact]
update-manager lists Firefox as a duplicate package to be removed for Ubuntu flavors which installed it by default.
[Test Case]
1. Install Ubuntu MATE 21.10 online or off-line (does not really matter)
2. Login to freshly installed system
3. Run `update-manager` manually
Expected results:
* update-manager founds some useful updates and install them
Actual results:
* update-manager founds some useful updates and will remove Firefox web-browser to replace it with Snap version
See screenshot and its OCR main part:
Details of updates
Install or remove
Duplicate packages to be removed
Firefox Web Browser
With the version of update-manager from -proposed Firefox will no longer be suggested for removal on a system without the ubuntu-desktop package installed.
[Where Problems Could Occur]
It's possible the Firefox deb will no longer be suggested for removal on systems with ubuntu-desktop installed. To test this scenario we can also install the ubuntu-desktop package on the Ubuntu MATE system from the original test and confirm that firefox is suggested for removal.
[Original Description]
Additional info:
* in /usr/share/
Workaround:
* mark Firefox as manually installed by `sudo apt-mark manual firefox` and then launch `update-manager` again.
Documented on:
* https:/
* https:/
ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: update-manager 1:21.10.4
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu70
Architecture: amd64
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CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sun Oct 17 16:34:57 2021
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InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-10-17 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Release amd64 (20211012)
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UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Related branches
description: | updated |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray) |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Impish): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray) |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.