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
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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.
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