This bug was fixed in the package apt-listchanges - 3.15
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apt-listchanges (3.15) unstable; urgency=medium
* Handle `Too many levels of symbolic links' (ELOOP) error while searching
for possible changelog file names (LP: #174314).
* Updated debconf translations:
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I had apport redirect me to this bug report just now.
The test case does not crash for me either anymore (after making sure
that libqt4-core is installed before / at all).
The traceback from this report is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File /usr/bin/apt-listchanges, line 237, in
The testcase doesn't crash in Kubuntu 9.04.
** Changed in: qt4-x11 (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged = Fix Released
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apt-listchanges crashed with IOError Too many levels of symbolic links with
libqt4-core
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174314
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** Summary changed:
- apt-listchanges crashed with IOError in __init__()
+ apt-listchanges crashed with IOError Too many levels of symbolic links with
libqt4-core
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apt-listchanges crashed with IOError Too many levels of symbolic links with
libqt4-core
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174314
Confirmed. I'm adding a testcase to the description.
** Changed in: apt-listchanges (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Medium
Status: New = Confirmed
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apt-listchanges crashed with IOError Too many levels of symbolic links with
libqt4-core
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174314
You
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: apt-listchanges
It happened during an 'aptitude dist-upgrade'
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+ TEST CASE:
+ $ wget
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10756952/libqt4-core_4.3.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
+ $ apt-listchanges -a libqt4-core_4.3.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
ProblemType:
Re-assigning to qt4-x11, because it's a bug with the libqt4-core package.
As far as I can see this regressed in version 4.3.3-0ubuntu1, while
4.3.2-0ubuntu3.1 is ok.
** Changed in: qt4-x11 (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: apt-listchanges = qt4-x11
Status: Confirmed = Triaged
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