Bug 414368

Summary:	pkcon incorrectly assumes no network is available
Product:	[Unmaintained] apper	Reporter:	Eddie <edfoundkdebug>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Daniel Nicoletti <dantti12>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate, rdieter
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Eddie 2019-11-21 15:38:08 UTC

SUMMARY

Apology if this not "apper" related, but I could not find pkcon KDE NEON app in the drop-down. Please let the 
correct people know. (Richard Hughes?) http://www.packagekit.org.

pkcon does not look at active network interfaces and ASSUMES incorrectly that network is unavailable.

root@mymachine-bash ~ # pkcon refresh
\Refreshing cache              [=========================]         
Waiting for authentication    [=========================]         
Loading cache                 [=========================]         
Finished                      [=========================]  
       
Fatal error: Cannot refresh cache whilst offline


root@mymachine-bash ~ # ifconfig 
enp4s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.56.1  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.56.255


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. have a static network IP unmanaged by Network-Manager
2. run pkcon refresh .. or pkcon update
3. sit back in dismay, and then rather run apt dist-upgrade which works.

OBSERVED RESULT
it breaks

EXPECTED RESULT
Expected it to work like APT.. (it just works).
It should not rely on high-level monstrous apps like Network-Manager, go lower.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE neon User Edition 5.17
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: n/a, its a command line issue.
KDE Frameworks Version: 
Qt Version: 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Perhaps related to Bug 412914

Comment 1 Rex Dieter 2019-11-21 16:17:04 UTC

pkcon is part of PackageKit (not a kde project)

Comment 2 Eddie 2019-11-21 21:04:16 UTC

Hello. My Apology. I just saw it part of KDE NEON distribution, 
since the distribution mention "use pkcon instead of apt for updates".
I will contact the packageKit person(s).

I found that DISCOVER suffer from the exact same problem: it only works on Ethernet adaptors managed by Network-Manager.  

Thank you for your help.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2019-11-22 13:23:53 UTC

Upstream issue in PackageKit: https://github.com/hughsie/PackageKit/issues/336