I setup a test environment to re-run the recreation script I attached
above while using the fix from xenial-proposed.
What I found was that the fix helps but is not perfect.
While the UCA repo is in the hourly update time window, the apt-get
update can still leave the user in the error case
[Impact]
An apt update of an apt repository that does not use InRelease during the time
it is being updated can cause the gpg file to not be downloaded and updated.
This makes the packages from the repository be unable to be authenticated.
The Ubuntu Cloud Archive is one of the archives that
This upstream patch needs to be backported to the 1.2 series for Xenial.
If left unfixed in Xenial it opens a timing window every hour with
Ubuntu Cloud Archive where users can fall into the "Some packages could
not be authenticated" state without Release.gpg that is described in the
description.
** Attachment added: "Recreation script"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1657440/+attachment/4814822/+files/recreate.py
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed => Confirmed
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