apt 1.9.6 regression

Bug #1859952 reported by Julian Andres Klode
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apt (Ubuntu)
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Julian Andres Klode

Bug Description

APT 1.9.6 introduced empty groups by making use of groups to
deduplicate package names.

This caused a problem in NewProvidesAllArch because automake was providing automake-1.16
while having the source package automake-1.16. So we found the
automake-1.16 group, iterated over its empty package list, trying
to store the provides (which hence never happened).

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Julian Andres Klode (juliank)
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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote :

Fixed in 1.9.7, will sync later.

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
tags: removed: block-proposed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package apt - 1.9.7

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apt (1.9.7) experimental; urgency=medium

  * Trim trailing whitespace (thanks lintian-brush)
  * NewProvidesAllArch: Check if group is empty before using it.
    This caused automake-1.16 to not be provided by automake anymore,
    because apt wanted to add provides to packages in an empty automake-1.16
    group. LP: #1859952
  * Fix debian-rules-uses-deprecated-systemd-override.
    We accidentally managed to restart apt-daily{,-upgrade}.service
    again because our dh_systemd_start override was being ignored
    since we switched to debhelper 12. Override dh_installsystemd
    instead.

 -- Julian Andres Klode <email address hidden> Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:13:50 +0100

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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