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Tasks selected in oem-config are downloaded, but not installed, or configured ...

Bug #985737 reported by Michael Casadevall
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livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
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Ubuntu ubuntu-12.04

Bug Description

When doing manual testing of omap4, with internet available (to work around #985280), packages are downloaded, but not installed or configured. I can't find the downloaded debs anywhere, the selected tasks are not installed (tasks selected were SSH Server, LAMP, and PostgreSQL), and no debconf prompts were displayed. This is a release-critical bug.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Do normal installation of armhf+omap4
2. Select any tasks in tasksel
3. Conclude the installation
4. Confirm that resulting packages are not installed

Expected Results:
1. Tasks installed and debconf prompts displayed

Addition: The file:// entry in sources.list seems to be responsible for the breakage. While the preinstall pool is in /etc/apt/sources.list, tasksel will fail to install any and all tasks, as well as trying to install tasks via apt-get such as apt-get install openssh-server^

See original description
Michael Casadevall (mcasadevall)
Changed in tasksel (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → ubuntu-12.04
Ursula Junque (ursinha)
tags: added: armhf rls-mgr-p-tracking
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Michael Casadevall (mcasadevall) wrote :

I actually think tasksel is actually completely broken on armhf+omap4 at this point. Running tasksel after manually updating packages just fails with tasksel: aptitude failed (100).

Running tasksel on x86 after installation seems to mostly work,but I found a separate bug related to that which I'll file seperately.

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Michael Casadevall (mcasadevall) wrote :

I think I located the problem. It seems when a file:// entry is in sources.list, Tasks no longer show up properly in apt-cache show, even if ports.ubuntu.com is in the file list. Removing the file entry, and rerunning apt-get update allows tasksel to properly work. While the file entry was in place, commands to install seeds such as apt-get install openssh-server^ simply failed with package not found.

description: updated
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Michael Casadevall (mcasadevall) wrote :

apt-cache show output without preinstalled pool:

ubuntu@panda5:~$ apt-cache show openssh-server | grep Task
Task: virt-host, cloud-image, openssh-server, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master

After readding the preinstall pool:

ubuntu@panda5:~$ apt-cache show openssh-server | grep Task
ubuntu@panda5:~$

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Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote :

I've been working on a fix for the tasks not showing issue. Does removing the local source also fix the exit(100) from aptitude?

Changed in tasksel (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Adam Conrad (adconrad)
affects: tasksel (Ubuntu) → livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu)
Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu):
assignee: Adam Conrad (adconrad) → nobody
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Michael Casadevall (mcasadevall) wrote :

Appears so. After removing preinstalled pool, running tasksel, and installing a few tasks, they all install normally and show proper debconf output as expected.

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Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote :

Okay, then my global re-work of the pool (including extraoverrides) should fix this, and a few other bugs. Just need to convince people it's RC...

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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote :

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/985737

tags: added: iso-testing
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Pete Graner (pgraner) wrote :

Confirmed fixed in the /ubuntu-server/daily-preinstalled/20120419.2/precise-preinstalled-server-armhf+omap4.img.gz image.

Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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