If the installation fails gpk-application does not show an error dialog.
Created attachment 19262 [details] Log of the apt backend
Packagekitd log: TI:00:27:07 TH:0x96d8188 FI:pk-backend-dbus.c FN:pk_backend_dbus_error_code_cb,225 - got signal TI:00:27:07 TH:0x96d8188 FI:pk-backend.c FN:pk_backend_error_code,1269 - emit error-code unknown, silly-fail Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket silly-fail. (Lese Datenbank ... 165338 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.) Entpacke silly-fail (aus ..././silly-fail_0.1-0_i386.deb) ... Richte silly-fail ein (0.1-0) ... TI:00:27:07 TH:0x96d8188 FI:pk-backend.c FN:pk_backend_message,951 - emit message 4, install-packages emitted 'unknown error' rather than a specific error - this is a backend problem and should be fixed! TI:00:27:07 TH:0x96d8188 FI:pk-transaction.c FN:pk_transaction_message_cb,604 - ignoring message: install-packages emitted 'unknown error' rather than a specific error - this is a backend problem and should be fixed! TI:00:27:07 TH:0x96d8188 FI:pk-transaction.c FN:pk_transaction_error_code_cb,436 - emitting error-code unknown, 'silly-fail Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket silly-fail. (Lese Datenbank ... 165338 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.) Entpacke silly-fail (aus ..././silly-fail_0.1-0_i386.deb) ... Richte silly-fail ein (0.1-0) ... ' TI:00:27:07 TH:0x96d8188 FI:pk-backend-dbus.c FN:pk_backend_dbus_finished_cb,204 - deleting dbus 0x96e5230, exit failed TI:00:27:07 TH:0x96d8188 FI:pk-backend.c FN:pk_backend_finished,1417 - finished role install-packages TI:00:27:07 TH:0x96d8188 FI:pk-backend.c FN:pk_backend_set_allow_cancel,1296
gpk output: TI:00:27:07 TH:0x8fc5ca8 FI:gpk-client.c FN:gpk_client_error_code_cb,475 - code was unknown TI:00:27:07 TH:0x8fc5ca8 FI:gpk-enum.c FN:gpk_error_enum_to_localised_text,435 - Unknown error TI:00:27:07 TH:0x8fc5ca8 FI:gpk-enum.c FN:gpk_error_enum_to_localised_message,608 - Unknown error, please report a bug at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/. More information is available in the detailed report. ** (gpk-application:15804): CRITICAL **: gpk_error_dialog_modal_with_time: assertion `title != NULL' failed TI:00:27:07 TH:0x8fc5ca8 FI:gpk-animated-icon.c FN:gpk_animated_icon_enable_animation,179 - ignoring stop on stopped icon TI:00:27:07 TH:0x8fc5ca8 FI:gpk-client-dialog.c FN:gpk_client_dialog_set_title,262 - setting title: <b><big>Beendet</big></b> TI:00:27:07 TH:0x8fc5ca8 FI:gpk-client-dialog.c FN:gpk_client_dialog_set_percentage,355 - setting percentage: 100 TI:00:27:07 TH:0x8fc5ca8 FI:gpk-client-dialog.c FN:gpk_client_dialog_set_percentage,355 - setting percentage: 100 TI:00:27:07 TH:0x8fc5ca8 FI:gpk-animated-icon.c FN:gpk_animated_icon_enable_animation,179 - ignoring stop on stopped icon TI:00:27:07 TH:0x8fc5ca8 FI:gpk-client.c FN:gpk_client_finished_cb,360 - quitting due to finished TI:00:27:07 TH:0x8fc5ca8 FI:gpk-client.c FN:gpk_client_error_set,646 - No error set, so can't set: Unspecified failure TI:00:28:58 TH:0x8fc5ca8 FI:gpk-application.c FN:gpk_application_connection_changed_cb,1820 - connected=0
Is this with gnome-packagekit git master?
Right. I cannot exactly say when this error was introduced, since I noticed it two days ago working on the error handling in the apt backend.
Old bug is old!
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