This bug was fixed in the package packagekit -
0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.2
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packagekit (0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.2) xenial; urgency=medium
* Add fix-update-detail-crash.patch: Fix GetUpdateDetail() crashing
immediately with aptcc. Backport fix from upstream commit 18c56fa520.
(LP: #1689820)
* Drop browser-plugin-packagekit binary package. It cannot be built any more
as current firefox dropped NPAPI. Backported from Debian packaging git
commit b98a97832275.
-- Martin Pitt <martin.p...@ubuntu.com> Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:00:44
+0000
** Changed in: packagekit (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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Title:
/usr/lib/packagekit/packagekitd:11:pkgCache::Iterator:AcqPackageKitStatus::updateStatus:AcqPackageKitStatus::Fail:pkgAcquire::Worker::RunMessages:pkgAcquire::Worker::InFdReady
Status in packagekit package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in packagekit source package in Xenial:
Fix Released
Bug description:
The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding
packagekit. This problem was most recently seen with package version
0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.1, the problem page at
https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/8c37a6988b890cc46b415972ef1e2ca746f9ffcc
contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or
traceback, and individual crash reports.
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SRU INFORMATION
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* Impact: PackageKit immediately crashes in GetUpdateDetail()
* Test case:
- Be on a system (container, VM, or real iron) with at least one
upgradeable package. If you don't have one, downgrade tzdata:
sudo apt-get install tzdata=2016j-0ubuntu0.16.04
- Run "pkcon get-updates" to see upgradeable packages.
- Run "pkcon get-update-detail tzdata" (or for a different package).
- Current PackageKit immediately crashes (message from pkcon and systemctl
status packagekit), with this fix it should survive and show some data
(changelog doesn't work though).
* Regression potential: Update details are currently completely
broken, so very little to regress there. As for dropping the browser
plugin package: The current package stopped working long ago with
current firefox; however, the package from xenial-release will still
be around. All in all this shouldn't change anything visible.
* Upstream fix:
https://github.com/hughsie/PackageKit/commit/18c56fa52 (only the
acqpkitstatus.cpp bit)
* Downstream packaging change to drop browser plugin:
https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-
packagekit/packagekit.git/commit/?id=b98a978322
Test packages: http://people.ubuntu.com/~pitti/packagekit-
updatedetail-crash/
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