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update-manager package

update-manager: clicks do not toggle checkboxes for "Remove old kernels"

Bug #1912718 reported by Mingun on 2021-01-22

This bug affects 1 person

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
update-manager (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	High	William Wilson
Focal	Fix Released	Undecided	William Wilson
Groovy	Fix Released	Undecided	William Wilson
Hirsute	Fix Released	High	William Wilson

Bug Description

[Impact]
This is a regression from bug 1902025, causing kernels to not be autoremove{d,able} anymore

[Test case]

Have system with old kernels around.

Check that kernels are listed as auto removable in update-manager.

[Where problems could occur]
Clean revert of 1902025, so will revert us to the state from before that

[Original bug report]
Before introducing bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1910556 that bug didn't exist -- I can toggle these checkboxes and they will checked by default.

After fix of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1910556 checkboxes for "Remove old kernels" are not checked anymore by default and I can't check them. If I run update-manager from console, nothing logged.

Screenshot and video when I trying to click on checkboxes attached.

System info:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Release: 20.04
$ LANG=C apt-cache policy update-manager update-manager-core
update-manager:
  Installed: 1:20.04.10.3
  Candidate: 1:20.04.10.3
  Version table:
*** 1:20.04.10.3 500
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main i386 Packages
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:20.04.9 500
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main i386 Packages
update-manager-core:
  Installed: 1:20.04.10.3
  Candidate: 1:20.04.10.3
  Version table:
*** 1:20.04.10.3 500
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main i386 Packages
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:20.04.9 500
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main i386 Packages

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: update-manager 1:20.04.10.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-59.65-generic 5.4.78
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-59-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: qnx4 hfsplus hfs minix ntfs jfs intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic ledtrig_audio snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_intel snd_intel_dspcfg snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core i915 mei_hdcp rapl intel_cstate mei_me eeepc_wmi mei asus_wmi sparse_keymap wmi_bmof mac_hid r8169 lpc_ich realtek i2c_i801 wmi
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri Jan 22 09:21:11 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-11-24 (58 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-11-25 (57 days ago)

See original description

Tags:

Related branches

lp:update-manager

lp:~jawn-smith/update-manager/autoremove-check-boxes

lp:~jawn-smith/update-manager/package-removal-grouping

Merged into lp:update-manager at revision 2912

Brian Murray: Approve on 2021-02-08

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Mingun (alexander-sergey) wrote on 2021-01-22:

Screenshot of problem Edit (101.7 KiB, image/png)
Aptdaemon.txt Edit (25.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt.txt Edit (77.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (25.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt.txt Edit (16.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt.txt Edit (140.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GsettingsChanges.txt Edit (380 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Mingun (alexander-sergey) wrote on 2021-01-22:

Video with demonstration of problem Edit (2.1 MiB, video/mp4)

Brian Murray (brian-murray) on 2021-01-28

tags:

added: rls-ff-incoming

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2021-01-29

tags:

added: regression-update

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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote on 2021-01-29:

This is a regression from bug 1902025

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2021-01-29

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High

Julian Andres Klode (juliank) on 2021-01-29

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Hirsute):
status:	New → Fix Committed
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Groovy):
status:	New → In Progress
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Focal):
status:	New → In Progress

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Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote on 2021-01-29: Please test proposed package

Hello Mingun, or anyone else affected,

Accepted update-manager into groovy-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/1:20.10.4 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, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-groovy to verification-done-groovy. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-groovy. 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.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Groovy):
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed
tags:	added: verification-needed verification-needed-groovy

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Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote on 2021-01-29:

Hello Mingun, or anyone else affected,

Accepted update-manager into focal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/1:20.04.10.4 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-focal to verification-done-focal. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-focal. 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.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Focal):
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed
tags:	added: verification-needed-focal

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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote on 2021-01-29:

Screenshot post-upgrade Edit (478.5 KiB, image/png)

I installed some old kernels on focal live disc, marked them auto, started update-manager, and I saw a non-selectable Ubuntu base section below the autoremovable kernel headline.

Updating update-manager to 1:20.04.10.4 from proposed makes it work again

description:	updated
tags:	added: verification-done-focal removed: verification-needed-focal

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Ubuntu SRU Bot (ubuntu-sru-bot) wrote on 2021-01-29: Autopkgtest regression report (update-manager/1:20.04.10.4)

All autopkgtests for the newly accepted update-manager (1:20.04.10.4) for focal have finished running.
The following regressions have been reported in tests triggered by the package:

ubuntu-release-upgrader/1:20.04.30 (armhf)

Please visit the excuses page listed below and investigate the failures, proceeding afterwards as per the StableReleaseUpdates policy regarding autopkgtest regressions [1].

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/focal/update_excuses.html#update-manager

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Autopkgtest_Regressions

Thank you!

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Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote on 2021-01-29: Please test proposed package

Hello Mingun, or anyone else affected,

Accepted update-manager into focal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/1:20.04.10.5 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-focal to verification-done-focal. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-focal. 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.

tags:

added: verification-needed-focal
removed: verification-done-focal

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Ubuntu SRU Bot (ubuntu-sru-bot) wrote on 2021-01-29: Autopkgtest regression report (update-manager/1:20.04.10.4)

All autopkgtests for the newly accepted update-manager (1:20.04.10.4) for focal have finished running.
The following regressions have been reported in tests triggered by the package:

ubuntu-release-upgrader/1:20.04.30 (armhf)

Please visit the excuses page listed below and investigate the failures, proceeding afterwards as per the StableReleaseUpdates policy regarding autopkgtest regressions [1].

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/focal/update_excuses.html#update-manager

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Autopkgtest_Regressions

Thank you!

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2021-01-29:

#10

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:21.04.6

---------------
update-manager (1:21.04.6) hirsute; urgency=medium

  * Avoid crash from OEM enablement when using synaptic backend
  * Revert 21.04.5, 21.04.4, and 21.04.3 changes, except the livepatch
    dialog stuff. (LP: #1912718)

-- Julian Andres Klode <email address hidden> Fri, 29 Jan 2021 12:41:16 +0100

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Hirsute):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote on 2021-01-29:

#11

We verified that bit in #6, the change in .5 is very isolated in the oem function, so not re-verifying

tags:

added: verification-done-focal
removed: verification-needed-focal

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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote on 2021-01-29:

#12

Actually did reverify it after all :)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2021-01-29:

#13

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:20.10.4

---------------
update-manager (1:20.10.4) groovy; urgency=medium

* Revert to 1:20.10.1 (LP: #1912718)

-- Julian Andres Klode <email address hidden> Fri, 29 Jan 2021 12:53:08 +0100

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Groovy):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote on 2021-01-29: Update Released

#14

The verification of the Stable Release Update for update-manager has completed successfully and the package is now being 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.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2021-01-29:

#15

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:20.04.10.5

---------------
update-manager (1:20.04.10.5) focal; urgency=medium

  * UpdateManager/backend/__init__.py: Really make commit_oem a no-op in the
    base class to avoid crash when people force synaptic backend (LP: #1913732)
  * Fix typo in previous changelog

update-manager (1:20.04.10.4) focal; urgency=medium

  * Revert previous change to UpdateList.py, as it breaks kernel
    autoremoval (LP: #1912718)
  * UpdateManager/backend/__init__.py: Make commit_oem a no-op in the base
    class to avoid crash when people force synaptic backend (LP: #1913732)

-- Julian Andres Klode <email address hidden> Fri, 29 Jan 2021 17:43:01 +0100

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Focal):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Robie Basak (racb) wrote on 2021-01-31:

#16

I found myself affected by this. I had 1:20.04.10.3 presumably because update-manager 1:20.04.10.5 is phased at 50%. Fixed manually:

Upgrade: update-manager-core:amd64 (1:20.04.10.3, 1:20.04.10.5), update-manager:amd64 (1:20.04.10.3, 1:20.04.10.5), python3-update-manager:amd64 (1:20.04.10.3, 1:20.04.10.5)

So the fix looks good to me too, and will be resolved for everyone when phasing hits 100%. Thanks!

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Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote on 2021-02-15: Please test proposed package

#17

Hello Mingun, or anyone else affected,

Accepted update-manager into groovy-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/1:20.10.5 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Groovy):
status:	Fix Released → Fix Committed

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Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote on 2021-02-16:

#18

Hello Mingun, or anyone else affected,

Accepted update-manager into focal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/1:20.04.10.6 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-focal to verification-done-focal. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-focal. 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.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Focal):
status:	Fix Released → Fix Committed
tags:	added: verification-needed-focal removed: verification-done-focal

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William Wilson (jawn-smith) wrote on 2021-03-01:

#19

Focal Verification Edit (438.0 KiB, image/png)

The verification passed for focal. The portion of the image highlighted in green shows that the check boxes are working for kernel packages staged for autoremoval.

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William Wilson (jawn-smith) wrote on 2021-03-01:

#20

Groovy Verification Edit (111.9 KiB, image/png)

The verification passed for groovy. The attached image shows that the check boxes are working for kernel packages staged for autoremoval.

tags:

added: verification-done verification-done-focal verification-done-groovy
removed: verification-needed verification-needed-focal verification-needed-groovy

William Wilson (jawn-smith) on 2021-03-01

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Focal):
assignee:	nobody → William Wilson (jawn-smith)
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Groovy):
assignee:	nobody → William Wilson (jawn-smith)
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Hirsute):
assignee:	nobody → William Wilson (jawn-smith)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2021-03-04:

#21

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:20.10.5

---------------
update-manager (1:20.10.5) groovy; urgency=medium

  * UpdateManager/Core/UpdateList.py: change to a regex from a static list
    of packages to be grouped under Ubuntu Base (LP: #1902025)
  * Clean up apt cache binary files left behind by tests
  * Rename meta_pkgs to ubuntu_base_pkgs to make it more clear to the
    reader which packages should be included
  * Add tests in to ensure Ubuntu base packages are not grouped when
    staged for removal (LP: #1912718)
  * Fix crash caused by adding apt package objects to a list of
    strings (LP: #1913476)

-- William 'jawn-smith' Wilson <email address hidden> Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:22:58 -0600

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Groovy):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2021-03-04:

#22

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:20.04.10.6

---------------
update-manager (1:20.04.10.6) focal; urgency=medium

-- William 'jawn-smith' Wilson <email address hidden> Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:39:27 -0600

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Focal):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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