#1035386 gnome-package-updater: does not find package upgrades, until after running 'apt update'

Package:
gnome-package-updater
Source:
gnome-package-updater
Description:
Software package updater for GNOME
Submitter:
Amr Ibrahim
Date:
2023-05-02 15:57:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1035386#5
Date:
2023-05-02 15:52:06 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

gnome-package-updater cannot find package upgrades, until after running 'apt
update'.

Steps:
0. Make sure that there are packages to upgrade without running 'apt update'
because that breaks the steps
1. Run gnome-package-updater
2. It does not find any package upgrades
3. Close gnome-package-updater
4. Run in a terminal 'sudo apt update'
5. apt will show the number of packages to upgrade
6. Run gnome-package-updater
7. It will show the package upgrades

What should happen:
gnome-package-updater finds package upgrades, when they are available, without
having to run 'apt update'.

Best,
Amr