There is ... updates. <- what package is this line in Kde 4?

donnied · 07-21-2010, 05:04 PM

The new install with KDE 4 notifies me when there are updates available in the repository.

Code:

 There is 24 updates.

[sic]
Which program/package is responsible for these update messages?

AlucardZero · 07-21-2010, 05:09 PM

maybe update-notifier? it would help if you said where you saw it

pljvaldez · 07-21-2010, 05:10 PM

I believe it is update-notifier-kde, but I could be mistaken.

donnied · 07-23-2010, 07:42 AM

It appears in the KDE 4 in the system tray. I wasn't sure if it was KDE specific.

I found it in the update-notifier-kde (which comes from the source kingston-update notifier (?)).

Code:

find . | xargs grep -i "There is .* updates"
./src/notifier.cpp:      show_update_notification( "It is recommended to update your system", QString("There is %1 updates available").arg(updates), "dialog-information");
./src/notifier.cpp:        show_update_notification( "You should update your system", QString("There is %1 security updates available").arg(security_updates), "dialog-warning");
./src/notifier.cpp:        show_update_notification( "You should update your system", QString("There is %1 updates and %2 security updates available").arg(updates).arg(security_updates), "dialog-warning" );

Any recommendations on how to modify this to differentiate between 1 and more than 1?

Something like:

Code:

void notifier_t::notify_new_updates(int updates, int security_updates) {
  if(updates==0 && security_updates==0) {
    //do nothing, I guess
  } else {
    QPixmap px;
    if(security_updates==0) {
        if(updates==1) {
                show_update_notification( "It is recommended to update your system", QString("There is %1 update available").arg(updates), "dialog-information");
        } else { 
                show_update_notification( "It is recommended to update your system", QString("There are %1 updates available").arg(updates), "dialog-information");
        }
    } else {
      if(updates==0) {
        if security_updates==1) {
                show_update_notification( "You should update your system", QString("There is %1 security update available").arg(security_updates), "dialog-warning");
        } else { show_update_notification( "You should update your system", QString("There are %1 security updates available").arg(security_updates), "dialog-warning");
        }
      } else {
        show_update_notification( "You should update your system", QString("There is %1 updates and %2 security updates available").arg(updates).arg(security_updates), "dialog-warning" );
      }
    }
  }
}

There's a bug report and a patch now: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugre...ved=no&mbox=no

However, I can't find the official patch or the new and improved version of notifier.cpp.

donnied · 07-23-2010, 08:40 AM

How do I get the git package for the new and improved version?
I don't know which git repository or branch I should use.
He mentioned the committed fix was here:
http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-kde/kin...2eb5a89c47657e

I've tried building myself but I can't find a way to fix

Code:

 Unknown CMake command "kde4_add_executable".

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