@dsfkljo322332: This bug affects upgrades via apt as well as dpkg. Gdebi
uses one of those on the back end, not sure which. See comment #34 and
#30 for more details.
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sudo apt remove appstream works for me, but plasma-discover depends on
it so it is also removed. Lucky for me I didn't really use that any
way.
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My bad. I forgot to install libappstream3_0.9.4-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
installing libappstream3_0.9.4-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb wtih dpkg first did
fix the problem. I think I was using gdebi. Does this bug break gdebi
somehow?
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Also hit by this. And unable to manually install the deb, even after rm
/usr/bin/appstreamcli
Preparing to unpack appstream_0.9.4-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking appstream (0.9.4-1ubuntu1) over (0.9.4-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up appstream (0.9.4-1ubuntu1) ...
CPU stuck at 100%
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@dsfkljo322332: Are you using dpkg to install the upgrades? Try
upgrading the libappstream3 package first, then the appstream package.
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This runs up my CPU on Kubuntu... appstreamcli was using 13% cpu.
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Refresh hangs due to strdup on non-NULL terminated
@Brett: When the AppStream cache update is triggered, the APT cache is updated,
so updates will still be installed. Ideally, the fixed package is shipped via
x-updates soon, so no more people get trapped.
SRU verification is done at least, and we now have more than enough people
confirming the
Today i woke up to my server's cpu fan going at full speed. Puzzled by
this i check my virtualbox machines and notice my ubuntu 16.04
installation has appstream stuck at 100% on one core. This has not
happened before.
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I think a high priority is the better fit now, since this - for some
reason - started to hit more users than expected now, and the
manifestations of this bug are very annoying. It doesn't cause data loss
or is a critical security issue though.
** Changed in: appstream (Ubuntu Xenial)
Matthias post #24
worked for me also thank you!
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Status in
Folks, Updates had been working fine for me until today (5/19/2016).
I updated my machines last night(all 11 of them) and now all are
experiencing the aforementioned problem with 100% CPU usage from
appstreamcli.
It appears that in my case at least that something applied last
night must be
In comment #30 I took the procedure from comment #24 and added two
commands to rename appstream's apt config file, but those commands
aren't necessary because they have no effect when appstream is installed
via the `dpkg` command.
The appstream package's postinst file explicitly calls
+1 on Matthias' instructions on installing the patches
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/+bug/1579712/comments/24)...
this fixed the issue for me.
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I ran the fix Matthias mentioned in post #24 and it fixed my issue.
Thanks
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@ximion: I missed that. After upgrading libappstream3 from -proposed,
everything works fine. Thanks.
The reason I warned against removing the binary is because it's a bad
practice in general, even though in this particular problem scenario the
removed binary gets restored when its package is
Thanks. "Medium" importance for this bug? This seems like the most
critical bug I've ever encountered, considering that if I had left my
laptop alone to "finish updating" it might have melted and caused a
forest fire before I got back :)
Yeah, I think this one deserves a critical status; the fix
@Lonnie: this is the same bug. Install the package via dpkg as described
in post #24, that should solve the 100% CPU issue too - the issue
manifests itself in some very interesting ways sometimes.
** Changed in: appstream (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthias Klumpp (ximion)
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Updated appstream & libappstream3 to version 0.9.4-1ubuntu1, and
libappstream-glib8 to 0.5.13-1ubuntu1 just in case... Fixed for me.
Thanks you!
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I tried to update after a fresh install and could not get past the appstreamcli
infinite 100% processor utilization:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/+bug/1583845
My laptop got almost smoking hot before I finally killed the
appstreamcli process!
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Downloading and installing deb fixed it for me. Thanks!.
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Weird, I wonder what happened that many people are experiencing this now...
Removing `/usr/bin/appstreamcli` is fine if you install the fixed package
afterwards.
To install this manually, please do (for amd64, adjust URLs for other
architectures):
```
cd /tmp && mkdir asfix
cd asfix
wget
@John Wang: Did you also update libappstream3? Because that's where the
bug actually is ;-)
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Okay, I've successfully upgraded to appstream 0.9.4-1ubuntu1 from the
-proposed repo, but subsequent `sudo apt-get update` invocations still
hang on appstreamcli. I have no idea what to do now.
@ludentico: Yes, sorry, I was in a hurry and didn't include full paths.
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I guess you meant
$ sudo mv /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50appstream
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50appstream.disabled
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Disabled all my repositories by commenting out everything in
/etc/apt/sources.list and moving everything out of
/etc/apt/sources.list.d; it did the trick: could update appstream from
proposed repository. Thanks!
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That last command should have been:
$ sudo mv 50appstream.disabled 50appstream
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@ludentico: Never `rm` files without also removing the package they
belong to.
I discovered a workaround:
$ sudo mv 50appstream 50appstream.disabled
$ sudo apt-get update
$ ... [do what you need here] ...
$ sudo 50appstream.disabled 50appstream
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Removing appstreamcli seems to do the trick. I'm not aware of side
effects
sudo rm /usr/bin/appstreamcli
Source: http://trastetes.blogspot.com/2016/02/solucion-al-error-e-then-
appstreamcli.html
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Neither can I install any update, even after disabling third-party
repositories.
appstreamcli hangs refreshing with 100% cpu use
apt update hangs after 'Fetched XXX kb in Xs (XXX kb/s)'
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Peter, the package can be found at:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/0.9.4-1ubuntu1 (as
previously posted) but I'm kinda at a loss here: dpkg -i launches
appstreamcli when setting up the package which results in me not being
able to install it so far.
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I'm not sure how to discover which particular repo is causing
appstreamcli to hang, so you could try disabling *all* your third party
repos then update. Or disable them one-by-one, but that could be
tedious.
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I have appstream 0.9.4-1 installed and every time it is run
(automatically, not by me) it spikes cpu to 100%. I cannot even purge
and reinstall it, because it is run during the setup phase (to force a
new index) which pegs the cpu. Is 0.9.4-1 supposed to be ~= 0.9.6 of
upstream?
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Like Peter in #11, I cannot enable proposed because appstreamcli is
hanging on every single run. Any invocation of appstreamcli or apt
update gets stuck.
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Can somebody post a URL where I can download the proposed package
directly as I cannot install it using apt-get, which hangs because of
this bug. I am using amd64 xenial.
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I find it is not possible to use "software and updates" to enable
proposed or to install the fix because every repository related action
results in a hang with appstreamcli using 100% CPU.
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** Tags removed: verification-needed
** Tags added: verification-done
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Sorry to be slow in responding. I thought I was subscribed but wasn't.
The version from -proposed (0.9.4-1ubuntu1) resolves this issue for me.
Thanks! Great to have this.
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This issue is resolved in Yakkety, nedds fixing in Xenial still.
The patch in -proposed resolves this issue for me.
** Changed in: appstream (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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** Changed in: appstream (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: appstream (Ubuntu Xenial)
Milestone: None => xenial-updates
** Changed in: appstream (Ubuntu)
Milestone: xenial-updates => None
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@Laney: Debian has the fix too now, included in the 0.9.6 release which
should show up in Yakkety soonish.
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Hello Matthias, or anyone else affected,
Accepted appstream into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and
be available at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/0.9.4-1ubuntu1 in a few
hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See
I would really like to see this go through as an SRU to Xenial. I am
hitting a problem with my third-party repo 100% of the time. When I have
the repo enabled, apt-get update hangs indefinitely when it runs
appstreamcli at the end, and I assume all of the users of my repo are
experiencing the same
This will be in the upcoming 0.9.6 release, which I will release this
week. So Debian (and Yakkety) will have it very soon.
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I uploaded it - could you please upload to Debian too so that yakkety
gets this fix?
** Also affects: appstream (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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The attachment "Fix for LP#1574896 and LP#1579712" seems to be a
debdiff. The ubuntu-sponsors team has been subscribed to the bug report
so that they can review and hopefully sponsor the debdiff. If the
attachment isn't a patch, please remove the "patch" flag from the
attachment, remove the
Patch for this issue, together with the fix for LP: #1574896
** Patch added: "Fix for LP#1574896 and LP#1579712"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/+bug/1579712/+attachment/4659196/+files/appstream-SRU_LP1574896_LP1579712.debdiff
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- The cache refresh is blocked on a strdup on a non-NULL-terminated string in
some very rare occasions (very rare because this bug is present for almost 3y
without a single report). It regardless of that is very annoying if it happens,
and also unpredictable, so it
Hmm, since LP doesn't allow me to add the upstream bug URL directly:
https://github.com/ximion/appstream/issues/35
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