This bug was fixed in the package update-notifier - 0.71.1
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update-notifier (0.71.1) intrepid; urgency=low
* src/update.c:
- make the repository-outdated nag message more clear
and mention that unavailable repositores may cause the
problem (LP: #243876)
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Thanks for the additional information.
I added a better message into the notification area so that its clearer
that a failed repository triggers the message too.
** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Fix Committed
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Update-manager tray icon incorrectly complains
Wow. This is the fastest any bug I've reported has been fixed! Thanks.
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Update-manager tray icon incorrectly complains about stale package information
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/243876
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Thanks for your bugreport.
Could you please give me the full terminal output of:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ echo $?
$ ls -l /var/lib/apt/periodic/
The way its implemented is that if one repository fails to update then
the file is not touched. The output of the commands hopefully gives us a
idea
Thanks for looking into this.
Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be anything wrong now. When I was
trying to track down this bug, I noticed that one of my repos was giving
a 404 error, so I commented that repo out. Additionally, since I'd
copied my sources.list from the old machine to the new
