Public bug reported: This bug exists in Trusty T, but not in Saucy S. Synaptic is not rendered dysfunctional, but some piece of logic or coding is clearly faulty!
It is easiest to spot when installing a single package, using the terminal, and not closing the terminal on completion. Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) Release: 14.04 synaptic: Installed: 0.80.4 Candidate: 0.80.4 Version table: *** 0.80.4 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Expected: terminal output relating to packages being installed, with no error messages What happened instead: The first line of terminal output is an error message, *for example*: (synaptic:22582) GLib-CRITICAL **: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion 'pid>0' failed or (synaptic:25866) GLib-CRITICAL **: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion 'pid>0' failed or (synaptic:20621) GLib-CRITICAL **: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion 'pid>0' failed ** Affects: synaptic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1290014 Title: At the start of an upgrade or install terminal shows GLib-CRITICAL **: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion 'pid>0' failed (tagged synaptic:2XXXX) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/1290014/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs