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    Re: Software Updater not notifying

    Software Updater launched automatically today. I installed whatever was on the list but then whe I did sudo apt-get update/upgrade I found these

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      gir1.2-freedesktop gir1.2-glib-2.0 libgirepository-1.0-1
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    Re: Software Updater not notifying

    Quote Originally Posted by linuxyogi View Post
    Software Updater launched automatically today. I installed whatever was on the list but then whe I did sudo apt-get update/upgrade I found these
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    The following packages will be upgraded:
      gir1.2-freedesktop gir1.2-glib-2.0 libgirepository-1.0-1
    I think you will get all the updates eventually using Software Updater. Some may be delayed a few days for reasons that are unclear - Bapoumba in post 39 suggested there may be a phased update process in play here with Software Updater, but how that works is beyond me. Synaptic and Apt do not hold back showing any upgrades so you may see more available.

    What I always do when the Software Updater pops up on the panel, is start up Synaptic Package Manager instead, click on the "Mark All Upgrades" Button, then in the popup window - Mark, then Apply. You will get everything Software Updater would send you, and sometimes more. If you prefer to just use the Software Updater, you will have to wait as the same updates appear over the coming days.

    I gather your original problem in post #1 with the Update Notifier not notifying of updates is now corrected? If everything is now working, you could mark the thread solved (use thread tools).
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    Re: Software Updater not notifying

    Phased updates : http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=127
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PhasedUpdates
    http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/08/p...r-ubuntu-13-04

    Basically, updates are marked to be offered to only a percentage of users, packages are checked against regressions or bugs, then are gradually offered to all users if no problem is encountered. This works with the Software Updater. apt-get does not check for phased updates, so it retrieves anything that can be upgraded from the repos.
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    Re: Software Updater not notifying

    @bapoumba:

    Thanks for the links. Brian's Blog (the first link) explains the general idea quite well and confirms my suspicions in post 32 that Software Updater "works differently." Now I know details as to why and how. I like the error tracker page (https://errors.ubuntu.com/). Didn't know it existed.
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    Re: Software Updater not notifying

    Quote Originally Posted by Dennis N View Post
    @bapoumba:

    Thanks for the links. Brian's Blog (the first link) explains the general idea quite well and confirms my suspicions in post 32 that Software Center "works differently." Now I know details as to why and how. I like the error tracker page (https://errors.ubuntu.com/). Didn't know it existed.
    TBH, I discovered it yesterday
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    Re: Software Updater not notifying

    My iputils packages came in Software Updater today.
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