Bug#529333: update-manager: fails to smart-upgrade

[vittorio]

Package: update-manager
Version: 0.68.debian-7
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


Hi

It's been a few days since update-manager seems to be unable to 
smart-upgrade, meaning that if a package update/upgrade requires an 
additional package to be installed it won't offer to install it. The 
package to be upgraded is deselected and impossible to select.

As a result, I constantly need to revert to synaptic or apt-get to 
upgrade packages.

Regards
Vittorio

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages update-manager depends on:
ii  gconf2                   2.26.0-1        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgnome2-perl           1.042-2         Perl interface to the GNOME librar
ii  python                   2.5.4-2         An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-dbus              0.83.0-1        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  python-glade2            2.14.1-2        GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii  python-gnome2            2.26.1-1        Python bindings for the GNOME desk
ii  python-support           1.0.2           automated rebuilding support for P
ii  python-vte               1:0.20.1-1      Python bindings for the VTE widget
ii  software-properties-gtk  0.60.debian-1.1 manage the repositories that you i
ii  synaptic                 0.62.5+b1       Graphical package manager
ii  update-manager-core      0.68.debian-7   APT update manager core functional

update-manager recommends no packages.

Versions of packages update-manager suggests:
ii  update-notifier          0.70.7.debian-5 Daemon which notifies about packag

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