Ah, i did not upgrade libapt-pkg5.0 as i wanted to leave some packages for the auto-upgrader test case.
Upgrading those two: ii libapt-inst2.0:amd64 1.4.6~17.04.1 amd64 deb package format runtime library ii libapt-pkg5.0:amd64 1.4.6~17.04.1 amd64 package management runtime library I now get on zesty, no segfault for case #1 & error message for case #2, as expected. ** Tags removed: verification-failed-zesty ** Tags added: verification-done-zesty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1694697 Title: build-depends keeps OR flag if end of or group is ignored Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in apt source package in Trusty: New Status in apt source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in apt source package in Yakkety: Won't Fix Status in apt source package in Zesty: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] If the last alternative(s) of an Or group is ignored, because it does not match an architecture list, we would end up keeping the or flag, effectively making the next AND an OR. For example, when parsing (on amd64): debhelper (>= 9), libnacl-dev [amd64] | libnacl-dev [i386] => debhelper (>= 9), libnacl-dev | Which can cause python-apt and apt-get build-dep to crash. Even worse: debhelper (>= 9), libnacl-dev [amd64] | libnacl-dev [i386], foobar => debhelper (>= 9), libnacl-dev [amd64] | foobar [Test case] On amd64: cat > segv.dsc << EOF Format: 3.0 (native) Source: foobar Binary: foobar Architecture: all Version: 1 Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <j...@example.org> Build-Depends: build-essential [amd64] | build-essential [fancy] Standards-Version: 3.9.8 EOF cat > failure.dsc << EOF Format: 3.0 (native) Source: foobar Binary: foobar Architecture: all Version: 1 Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <j...@example.org> Build-Depends: build-essential [amd64] | build-essential [fancy], a-non-existing-package Standards-Version: 3.9.8 EOF (1) apt-get build-dep -s ./segv.dsc should succeed instead of crash (2) apt-get build-dep -s ./failure.dsc should complain about "Depends: a-non-existing-package but it is not installable" instead of succeeding. This is the same test as run by CI and autopkgtests, so if they pass the tests passed. You can also run apt-get build-dep -s dq for a real life example that should not segfault. [Regression Potential] apt-get build-dep and friends can now fail where they succeeded previously for packages that employ architecture-limited alternatives in their build depends, as in the second example given above, because now additional packages need to be installed (which is correct, though). [Other info] By setting the previous alternatives Or flag to the current Or flag if the current alternative is ignored, we solve the issue. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1694697/+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
