20080724

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This week's Bug Day will focus on apt! apt is Debian's next generation front-end for the dpkg package manager, providing a simpler, safer way to install and upgrade packages.

Here we have a sampling of bugs to work on for Hug Day. After you have triaged or fixed a bug put your name in the last column and set the row's background to green by adding lightgreen in the first cell of the column after "background-color:" and before ";". This will let people know that the bug in that row has been hugged.

You might find it more convenient to edit the wiki page using editmoin a command line utility for editing moinmoin wiki pages. It is available as a package in Gutsy and Hardy. More information including an easier way to do this was [https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-bugsquad/2007-November/000666.html mailed] to the Bug Squad.

5-a-day-ing

During hug days you can also do [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/5-A-Day 5-A-Day] for this one you can do the following in order to tag your work on the hug day:

  • 5-a-day --add-tag hugday-20080724
  • Add bugs to 5-a-day as usual
  • And when done with hug day run: 5-a-day --remove-tag hugday-20080724

More information about [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/5-A-Day#Tag tags here].

86 Newest bugs against apt

These are 86 of the newest bugs filed against apt.

To mark it off the list you should:

  • Confirm that the report is a genuine bug against apt and

    • If the bug is not an apt bug, change the package as necessary

    • If the bug is an apt bug:

  • Ask the reporter for more information or

  • Reproduce the bug and mark it as confirmed.

Bug

Subject

Triager

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/147874 147874 ]

apt-get install core dumped

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/149839 149839 ]

(apport) _usr_bin_apt-get.0.crash

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/150676 150676 ]

libapt-pkg-libc breaks apt

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/151874 151874 ]

apt-get crashed with signal 7 in _start()

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/152203 152203 ]

apt-get no longer works, Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/153298 153298 ]

/etc/cron.daily/apt syntax error

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/154982 154982 ]

extended_states is modified even if --dry-run is used

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/155463 155463 ]

package_hook crashed with SystemError in open()

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/156278 156278 ]

Package description is only partially translated to spanish

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/163262 163262 ]

repository file not recognized from APT

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/163316 163316 ]

Segmentation fault

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/163732 163732 ]

malformed repository error disables synaptic; cannot correct in GUI

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/163891 163891 ]

apt-pkg API differs from the one in Debian

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/164498 164498 ]

automatic daily update fails if there is an update in a cdrom

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/173101 173101 ]

apt-get reporting wrong time to download updates

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/173484 173484 ]

apt-mark does nothing for packages not already present in extended_states

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/173835 173835 ]

Source addresses in new PPC install give 404's

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/173932 173932 ]

apt-get cannot install packages - Hash Sum mismatch

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/174449 174449 ]

apt should be able to search ppa packages in launchpad

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/175914 175914 ]

can't update

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/176675 176675 ]

apt-transport-https: Errors with private repository and GPG keys

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/177698 177698 ]

Duplicate sources aren't fixed by apt-update

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/177825 177825 ]

subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/178138 178138 ]

Cannot update or install through apt-get

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/178144 178144 ]

apt-get has intresting time with confrimation

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/178252 178252 ]

APT cron.daily report generates an error

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/179322 179322 ]

apt-cdrom doesn't add CD/DVD to repo list

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/180094 180094 ]

Error in updating apt in Dapper

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/180160 180160 ]

cannot run apt-get after upgrading to ubuntu 8.04

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/180377 180377 ]

Uzbekistan mirror is unaccessible

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/181256 181256 ]

Error in tetex-bin while updating initramfs-tools in Dapper

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/181352 181352 ]

apt-get still says "unpacking" when removing packages

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/181439 181439 ]

Apt should optimize dependencies chosen to minimize disk space used

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/181843 181843 ]

[hardy] apt-get doenst ask confirmation

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/185692 185692 ]

pinning negative preferences not preventing installation

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/187199 187199 ]

aptitude cannot remove more than 40 packages at once

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/188953 188953 ]

Unknown package origin after fresh Hardy desktop installation

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/189798 189798 ]

"emacs" package does not uninstall fully

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/191115 191115 ]

apt-get crashed with SIGSEGV

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/192713 192713 ]

PPA packages fail to upload but build successfully

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/192810 192810 ]

apt-key net-update command is not documented in the man page

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/194822 194822 ]

apt-get install hangs when run through java ssh dumb terminal

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/199746 199746 ]

"apt-get source" behaves VERY strangely

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/199764 199764 ]

ttf-opensymbol fails to install on ppc (Hardy)

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/200536 200536 ]

autoclean to ingore CD-ROM/DVD Repositories

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/201472 201472 ]

[Hardy] Removing cupsys removes ubuntu-desktop & scribus

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/201685 201685 ]

[HARDY] update-manager spamming GLib-GObject-CRITICAL errors

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/202219 202219 ]

apt-get source package=version fails if binary name != source name

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/209681 209681 ]

apt should download small packages first

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/210770 210770 ]

8.04 beta upgrade on amd64 fails

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/213908 213908 ]

Segmentation fault when adding two mirror

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/214101 214101 ]

apt looks for Debian bugs rather than LP bugs

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/216199 216199 ]

package apt-utils 0.7.9ubuntu15 failed to install/upgrade:

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/216218 216218 ]

package apt 0.7.9ubuntu15 failed to install/upgrade: (Hardy)

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/216453 216453 ]

sytem stall at bash reference option screen on upgrade gutsy+hardy

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/216785 216785 ]

apt-get update hangs on headers every time (gutsy)

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/218597 218597 ]

package failed to upgrade but marked as upgraded

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/220239 220239 ]

E: Directory '/var/log/apt/' missing

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/221884 221884 ]

Apt-get update is almost endless in Gutsy Server

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/222567 222567 ]

System hangs momentarily while using apt-get or aptitude

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/223502 223502 ]

apt cron.daily script doesn't check value-existence

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/223949 223949 ]

'apt-get build-deb' fails when any "deb-src" repository is unreachable

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/224460 224460 ]

apt-cache shows misleading dependency information

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/224589 224589 ]

apt-get --only-source does not work

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/225064 225064 ]

failed to install/upgrade: cannot access archive

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/226780 226780 ]

apt-key net-update does not obey APT::Acquire::http::Proxy

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/229627 229627 ]

hardy-security/Release.gpg is (mostly) empty

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/230108 230108 ]

es.archive.ubuntu.com: bad mirror in spain

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/230642 230642 ]

apt-get update cannot download Universe Packages for hardy

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/230832 230832 ]

apt /usr/lib/apt/methods/http has proxy issues

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/231639 231639 ]

Package updater shuts down after an error message appeared and closed

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/231806 231806 ]

apt-get: Add SMB to the valid Uri methods for software repositories

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/233979 233979 ]

Setting APT::Default-Release has limited impact

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/234324 234324 ]

Universe binary Packages.bz2 is corrupt

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/234637 234637 ]

apt-get ignores -y --force-yes -q -q

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/235129 235129 ]

Installing/upgrading a kernel fails when /boot isn't mounted

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/236152 236152 ]

hardy-proposed suggestions for harder access.

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/237540 237540 ]

apt fails to update

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/240770 240770 ]

Multiple package managers hurting Linux adoption

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/242033 242033 ]

Removing Sound Driver Should not Remove Entire Ubuntu Graphical User Interface (GNOME)

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/244598 244598 ]

won't purge deinstalled packages

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/244717 244717 ]

Package manager crashed

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/245273 245273 ]

apt-get build-dep shouldn't install build-dependencies' recommended packages

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/245373 245373 ]

Certain packages will still upgrade after locking in Synaptic Package Manager [Hardy]

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/246381 246381 ]

APT daily cronjobs hangs, prevents other cronjobs to be executed

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/247445 247445 ]

Package managers vulnerable to replay and endless data attacks

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/247936 247936 ]

Greeter application appear to be crashing ubuntu 8.10 ibex

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/248268 248268 ]

Packages installed with apt-get build-dep should be set to auto-installed for easy removal

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/249043 249043 ]

Dist-upgrade failed: 'Can't upgrade required meta-packages'

12 Newest bugs against apt

These are 12 incomplete bugs filed against apt.

To mark it off the list you should:

  • If the bug has been marked for expiry, close the bug and comment with the stock reply below or

  • Ask the reporter for more information or

  • Use the given information and reproduce the bug.

Use this stock reply if a bug has been marked for expiry:

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/244717 244717 ]

Package manager crashed

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/230642 230642 ]

apt-get update cannot download Universe Packages for hardy

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/225064 225064 ]

failed to install/upgrade: cannot access archive

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/210770 210770 ]

8.04 beta upgrade on amd64 fails

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/191115 191115 ]

apt-get crashed with SIGSEGV

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/180160 180160 ]

cannot run apt-get after upgrading to ubuntu 8.04

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/175914 175914 ]

can't update

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/173932 173932 ]

apt-get cannot install packages - Hash Sum mismatch

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/148586 148586 ]

Depends on linux-ubuntu-modules-386

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/133552 133552 ]

Config option to enable debug logging in unattended-upgrade

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/23911 23911 ]

(Breezy) Busy archives cause corrupt apt package lists

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/21506 21506 ]

Could provide a way to disable If-Range to work around buggy proxies

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