** Description changed: [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: + 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] + + 1. Start with a not fully upgrades system, then configure it to use + mirror:// : + + root@cc-apt:~# echo 'deb mirror+file:/etc/apt/mirrors.list cosmic main + restricted' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mirrors-cosmic.list + + root@cc-apt:~# echo 'http://ftp.kfki.hu/linux/ubuntu/' > /etc/apt/mirrors.list + root@cc-apt:~# echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::DevRelease "true";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-on-deb + root@cc-apt:~# apt update + Get:1 file:/etc/apt/mirrors.list Mirrorlist [33 B] + Get:2 http://ftp.kfki.hu/linux/ubuntu cosmic InRelease [242 kB] + ... + Translation-en [73.7 kB] + Fetched 27.1 MB in 10s (2812 kB/s) + Reading package lists... Done + Building dependency tree + Reading state information... Done + 280 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. + + 2. Clean downloaded files to make u-u redownload them: + root@cc-apt:~# apt-get clean + root@cc-apt:~# rm -f /var/lib/apt/lists/auxfiles/* + + 3. Run u-u and observe it crashing with the not fixed version and + proceeding properly after the fix is applied. + + root@cc-apt:~# unattended-upgrade --dry-run + Apt returned an error, exiting + error message: E:Invalid archive signature + Traceback (most recent call last): + File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 2064, in <module> + sys.exit(main(options)) 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. + + The fix makes u-u check only files with .deb extension if they may raise + configuration prompt. For supporting other file extensions the file name + pattern will need to be updated.
-- 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] 1. Start with a not fully upgrades system, then configure it to use mirror:// : root@cc-apt:~# echo 'deb mirror+file:/etc/apt/mirrors.list cosmic main restricted' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mirrors-cosmic.list root@cc-apt:~# echo 'http://ftp.kfki.hu/linux/ubuntu/' > /etc/apt/mirrors.list root@cc-apt:~# echo 'Unattended-Upgrade::DevRelease "true";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-on-deb root@cc-apt:~# apt update Get:1 file:/etc/apt/mirrors.list Mirrorlist [33 B] Get:2 http://ftp.kfki.hu/linux/ubuntu cosmic InRelease [242 kB] ... Translation-en [73.7 kB] Fetched 27.1 MB in 10s (2812 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 280 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. 2. Clean downloaded files to make u-u redownload them: root@cc-apt:~# apt-get clean root@cc-apt:~# rm -f /var/lib/apt/lists/auxfiles/* 3. Run u-u and observe it crashing with the not fixed version and proceeding properly after the fix is applied. root@cc-apt:~# unattended-upgrade --dry-run Apt returned an error, exiting error message: E:Invalid archive signature Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 2064, in <module> sys.exit(main(options)) 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 [Regression potential] The fix makes u-u check only files with .deb extension if they may raise configuration prompt. For supporting other file extensions the file name pattern will need to be updated. 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 : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
