Given that this error message comes from evolution, I'm not sure there's much that can be done from update-manager to address it; I think the package itself would need to take care to notice that it's in an inconsistent state somehow and avoid such broken pop-ups.
** Package changed: update-manager (Ubuntu Precise) => evolution (Ubuntu Precise) ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu Precise) Assignee: Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) => Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/965686 Title: Upgrade from lucid trigger an unreadable error dialog (font issue?) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/965686/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs