Public bug reported: [Impact] unattended-upgrades does not work (reliably) in (bionic and) cosmic with the mirror:// method, as it tries to open the mirror file - which recent apt versions store in auxfiles - as a .deb:
2018-10-04 08:58:46,801 ERROR failed to read deb file /var/lib/apt/lists/auxfiles/_etc_apt_mirrors.list (E:Invalid archive signature) 2018-10-04 08:58:46,801 ERROR failed to read deb file /var/lib/apt/lists/auxfiles/_etc_apt_mirrors.list (E:Invalid archive signature) 2018-10-04 08:58:46,807 ERROR Apt returned an error, exiting 2018-10-04 08:58:46,807 ERROR error message: E:Invalid archive signature 2018-10-04 08:58:46,808 ERROR An error occurred: E:Invalid archive signature Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1595, in main install_start_time) File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1800, in run if conffile_prompt(item.destfile): File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 860, in conffile_prompt deb = apt_inst.DebFile(destFile) apt_pkg.Error: E:Invalid archive signature [Test case] To figure out. It did work for me sometimes, so... [Regression potential] To figure out. ** Affects: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu) Importance: High Status: Triaged ** Changed in: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Summary changed: - tries to open auxfiles as .deb + crashes while trying to open auxfiles as .deb -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unattended-upgrades in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1796100 Title: crashes while trying to open auxfiles as .deb Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: [Impact] unattended-upgrades does not work (reliably) in (bionic and) cosmic with the mirror:// method, as it tries to open the mirror file - which recent apt versions store in auxfiles - as a .deb: 2018-10-04 08:58:46,801 ERROR failed to read deb file /var/lib/apt/lists/auxfiles/_etc_apt_mirrors.list (E:Invalid archive signature) 2018-10-04 08:58:46,801 ERROR failed to read deb file /var/lib/apt/lists/auxfiles/_etc_apt_mirrors.list (E:Invalid archive signature) 2018-10-04 08:58:46,807 ERROR Apt returned an error, exiting 2018-10-04 08:58:46,807 ERROR error message: E:Invalid archive signature 2018-10-04 08:58:46,808 ERROR An error occurred: E:Invalid archive signature Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1595, in main install_start_time) File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1800, in run if conffile_prompt(item.destfile): File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 860, in conffile_prompt deb = apt_inst.DebFile(destFile) apt_pkg.Error: E:Invalid archive signature [Test case] To figure out. It did work for me sometimes, so... [Regression potential] To figure out. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1796100/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp