#8681 BLOC Not Tri: Software update aborts/hangs when there is no Activities directory

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#8681: Software update aborts/hangs when there is no Activities directory
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 Reporter:  tvoverbeek       |         Owner:  cscott       
     Type:  defect           |        Status:  new          
 Priority:  blocker          |     Milestone:  Not Triaged  
Component:  upgrade utility  |       Version:  not specified
 Keywords:  blocks?:8.2.0    |   Next_action:  never set    
 Verified:  0                |     Blockedby:               
 Blocking:                   |  
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 When trying to run software update after my Activities directory
 disappeared (see #8674) it kept hanging on trying to find the groups.
 Looking at the log a thread aborted because it could not write to
 /home/olpc/Activities/.groups, which was true since there was no
 Activities directory.
 Software update should be more robust against these types of failures.
 Also we need better user feedback when a thread aborts (the software
 update panel stayed up without any messages). Same situation when an
 activity aborts and its icon keeps pulsing.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8681>
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