Public bug reported: Some libpcre* packages from 16.04 have the wrong support timeframe set into the package info. Therefore they are falsely shown as unsupported on the "ubuntu-support-status" output:
~$ apt show libpcre3-dbg Package: libpcre3-dbg Version: 2:8.38-3.1 Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: pcre3 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]> Original-Maintainer: Matthew Vernon <[email protected]> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 3.514 kB Depends: libpcre3 (= 2:8.38-3.1), libpcrecpp0v5 (= 2:8.38-3.1) Supported: 9m Download-Size: 692 kB APT-Sources: http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages Description: Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - debug symbols Dies ist eine Bibliothek von Funktionen zur Unterstützung von regulären Ausdrücken, deren Syntax und Semantik so ähnlich wie möglich zu denen der Sprache Perl 5 sind. . This package contains the debug symbols, This should be set to the 5years LTS timeframe (since its in main) and not to 9months. ** Affects: pcre3 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1710720 Title: some libpcre3* packages have from support timeframe set for xenial LTS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcre3/+bug/1710720/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
