This bug was fixed in the package packagekit - 1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.3
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packagekit (1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.3) bionic; urgency=medium
* Pass --no-restart-after-upgrade to dh_installsystemd to avoid PackageKit
restarting while upgrading under PackageKit (LP: #1790613)
packagekit (1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.2) bionic; urgency=medium
* debian/patches/frontend-locking.diff:
Implement frontend locking in a simple way. Will need some more
work to upstream, and possibly some error checking. (LP: #1795614)
* Bump libapt-pkg-dev build-dep to >= 1.6.5~ for frontend locking
* debian/patches/aptcc-Fix-invalid-version-dereference-in-AptInf-prov.patch,
aptcc-removing-duplicate-delete-call.patch:
Fix invalid dereference and delete wrong (duplicate) "delete"
statement in providesCodec (LP: #1790671)
-- Julian Andres Klode <juli...@ubuntu.com> Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:46:47
+0200
** Changed in: packagekit (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1790613
Title:
Regression: packagekit crashes updating itself to a new version
Status in packagekit package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in plasma-discover package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in packagekit source package in Bionic:
Fix Released
Status in plasma-discover source package in Bionic:
Confirmed
Bug description:
[Impact]
Bionic: 18.04
Version: 1.1.9-1ubuntu2 upgrading itself to 1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.1
Updating with pkcon upgrade or plasma-discover crashes packagekit mid
transaction, requiring user intervention on the command line.
In plasma-discover the gui reports the crash briefly, but then stalls
in apparent mid update, requiring the user to force close it and again
resolve the issue on the command line.
Example transactions:
$ pkcon update
Getting updates [=========================]
Finished [=========================]
Loading cache [=========================]
Testing changes [=========================]
Finished [ ] (0%)
The following packages have to be updated:
gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0-1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.1.amd64 GObject introspection
data for the PackageKit GLib library
libpackagekit-glib2-18-1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.1.amd64 Library for accessing
PackageKit using GLib
packagekit-1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.1.amd64 Provides a package management
service
packagekit-tools-1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.1.amd64 Provides PackageKit
command-line tools
Proceed with changes? [N/y] y
[=========================]
Updating packages [=========================]
Waiting for authentication [=========================]
Loading cache [=========================]
Running [=========================]
Installing packages [==================== ] (80%) The daemon
crashed mid-transaction!
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to
correct the problem.
and obviously after that doing anything meaningful with packagekit
like installing a package fails
$pkcon install kaffeine
Resolving [=========================]
Testing changes [=========================]
Finished [ ] (0%)
The following packages have to be installed:
kaffeine-2.0.14-1.amd64 versatile media player for KDE
Proceed with changes? [N/y] y
[=========================]
Installing [=========================]
Waiting for authentication [=========================]
Waiting for package manager lock[=========================]
Finished [=========================]
Fatal error: E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure
-a' to correct the problem.
[Test case]
Upgrade packagekit using pkcon, make sure it does not "crash".
[Regression potential]
It could only lead to old packagekitd processes not restarting. packagekit
will still be told to restart itself like before, the restart being added was
unintended.
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-26 (69 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
(20180426)
Package: packagekit 1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-33.36-generic 4.15.18
Tags: bionic
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-33-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
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