gnome-software can't handle composite CAB files

Change queued up for gnome-software 3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.5 SRU

Hello Mario, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-software into cosmic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/3.30.2-0ubuntu7 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-cosmic to verification-done-cosmic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-cosmic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

$ gnome-software --version
gnome-software 3.30.2
$ xdg-open DellUsbCDockFirmwareUpdateLinux_00.00.07.cab

Now does the right thing

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 3.30.2-0ubuntu7

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gnome-software (3.30.2-0ubuntu7) cosmic; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/0001-Use-correct-boolean-type-for-GsPluginJob-interactive.patch:
    - Fix crashes in 32 bit architectures (LP: #1798236)

gnome-software (3.30.2-0ubuntu6) cosmic; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/0001-lib-Allow-opening-CAB-files-that-resolve-more-than-o.patch:
    - Support composite CAB files (LP: #1798470)

 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:14:33 +1300

The verification of the Stable Release Update for gnome-software has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

Hello Mario, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-software into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.5 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

I've upgraded on a bionic machine to 3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.5.

xdg-open FirmwareUpdateLinux_00.00.07.cab opens a composite CAB file in gnome-software now.

Mario - can you confirm this is still fixed in 3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.7 ?

Hello Mario, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-software into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.8 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Yes, confirmed this is still fixed in 3.18.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.8.

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.8

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gnome-software (3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.8) bionic; urgency=medium

  * Re-released to generate correct .changes file

gnome-software (3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.7) bionic; urgency=medium

  * debian/rules:
  * debian/patches/0001-packagekit-Add-configure-option-to-use-autoremove-fe.patch:
    - Build with PackageKit autoremove support (LP: #1552792)
  * debian/control:
  * debian/patches/0023-snap-Don-t-treat-auth-cancellation-as-an-error.patch:
    - Stop cancelling snapd authorization triggers error notification
      (LP: #1785240)

gnome-software (3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.6) bionic; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/0023-Revert-Revert-flatpak-Use-list-of-related-apps-for-i.patch:
  * debian/patches/0024-flatpak-Check-if-a-related-app-is-installed-even-whe.patch:
  * debian/patches/0025-flatpak-Include-related-refs-to-the-app-s-runtime-on.patch:
    - Disable the Flatpak changes - SRU testing showed they broke downgrades

gnome-software (3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.5) bionic; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/0023-Revert-Revert-flatpak-Use-list-of-related-apps-for-i.patch:
  * debian/patches/0024-flatpak-Check-if-a-related-app-is-installed-even-whe.patch:
  * debian/patches/0025-flatpak-Include-related-refs-to-the-app-s-runtime-on.patch:
    - Pull related flatpak refs (LP: #1754864)
  * debian/patches/0003-Sort-snaps-before-other-apps.patch:
    - Fix snap search result ordering (LP: #1798228)
  * debian/patches/0001-Set-reboot-notifications-as-urgent-to-avoid-them-tim.patch:
    - Stop reboot notification from timing out (LP: #1719797)
  * debian/patches/0001-lib-Allow-opening-CAB-files-that-resolve-more-than-o.patch:
    - Support composite CAB files (LP: #1798470)

 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Wed, 21 Nov 2018 12:29:27 +1300