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regarding gnome-software says 'Failed to obtain authentication.'
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847442: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=847442
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: gnome-software
Version: 3.22.1-1
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
Trying to install any packages leads to the following error:
Detailed errors from the package manager follow:
Failed to obtain authentication.
I have no problem with 'apt install'
Cannot use gnome-software.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages gnome-software depends on:
ii appstream 0.10.4-1
ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.26.0-2
ii gnome-software-common 3.22.1-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.22.0-1
ii libappstream-glib8 0.6.4-2
ii libatk1.0-0 2.22.0-1
ii libc6 2.24-7
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.14.6-1.1
ii libcairo2 1.14.6-1.1
ii libenchant1c2a 1.6.0-11+b1
ii libfwupd1 0.7.4-2
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.36.0-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.50.2-2
ii libgnome-desktop-3-12 3.22.2-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.22.4-1
ii libgtkspell3-3-0 3.0.9-1
ii libgudev-1.0-0 230-3
ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 1.2.2-1
ii libpackagekit-glib2-18 1.1.4-3
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.40.3-3
ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.40.3-3
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-17
ii libsecret-1-0 0.18.5-2
ii libsoup2.4-1 2.56.0-1
ii libsqlite3-0 3.15.2-1
ii packagekit 1.1.4-3
ii software-properties-gtk 0.96.20.2-1
gnome-software recommends no packages.
Versions of packages gnome-software suggests:
pn fwupd <none>
pn gnome-software-plugin-flatpak <none>
pn gnome-software-plugin-limba <none>
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 13 (or
with Debian 12 or Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
--- End Message ---
