@powersj Thanks! I made a mistake writing the test case. Groovy's gce- compute-image-packages already does not provide the Python 3 package, thus it won't be held back, just google-guest-agent.
** Description changed: [Impact] * gce-compute-image-packages has been split to multiple source packages and google-guest-agent (written in Go) replaced the services originally written in Python. The upgrade to gce-compute-image-packages compatible with google-guest-agent replaced the Python modules (python3-google-compute-engine) with an empty transitional package. The removal of the modules could break local software relying on those modules. * The fix is not providing the empty python3-google-compute-engine transitional package, but adding Breaks: to google-guest-agent to force the removal of it. Since removals are not performed automatically by apt-get upgrade (not unattended-upgrades) the administrator needs to approve removal. [Test Case] * Set up a system with the unfixed version of the packages, including python3-google-compute-engine installed. * Upgrade to the new set of packages: apt-get upgrade - * Observe that the gce-compute-image-packages is kept back - * Upgrade gce-compute-image-package manually: - apt install gce-compute-image-package + * Observe that the google-guest-agent is kept back + * Upgrade google-guest-agent manually: + apt install google-guest-agent * This should succeed, removing python3-google-compute-engine [Where problems could occur] * The packages may become uninstallable upon upgrade or dist-upgrade. Testing was performed to avoid such regressions. * Since the aim of this fix is preventing accidental upgrades should a security update of the affected packages be released the fix will prevent automatic application of this updated. In such case the the transitional package can be reintroduced and the Breaks: can be converted to a versioned Breaks: on the non-transitional package versions. ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-groovy ** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-groovy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1905986 Title: Don't provide transitional package for python3-google-compute-engine, add Breaks: in google-guest-agent instead To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gce-compute-image-packages/+bug/1905986/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
