** Description changed: + [Impact] + + * The recent update of the Ubuntu asgen instance yielded it to generate + modern metadata. While we could tell asgen to generate old-style + metadata, fixing appstream is the better idea, since we already applied + similar patches to appstream-glib (and having this package hold back + updates is a bad idea). Currently, the unknown metadata is considered to + be broken by appstream and it displays a warning about that issue during + an `apt update` + + * The attached patch includes a second change to make AppStream more + robust against broken YAML data, ensuring LP #1579712 can not be + triggered on purpose or due to broken disks creating damaged YAML + structure. + + [Test Case 1] + + * apt update + * Check for errors about metadata being ignored + + [Test Case 2] + + * appstreamcli refresh --force + * Check for errors about metadata being ignored + * Check if we ignored data that should be present + (search for it via `appstreamcli search <term>`) + * Run `appstreamcli status` and see if we still have information on the same amount of components as prior to the update. + + [Regression Potential] + + * Medium; The works case would be KDE Discover and GNOME Software + loosing information on available software, but this risk is very low and + the patch to fix this bug is very simple and has almost no regression + potential. The YAML parser fix patch is a bit more complex, but should + have no sideeffects. + + [Original report] + Periodically I get emails from a machine with the subject: Cron <root@Jenkins> if [ -x /etc/munin/plugins/apt_all ]; then /etc/munin/plugins/apt_all update 7200 12 >/dev/null; elif [ -x /etc/munin/plugins/apt ]; then /etc/munin/plugins/apt update 7200 12 >/dev/null; fi And a body of: AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors. - - I have a machine monitored by Munin. One of the plugins used on that machine is /etc/munin/plugins/apt which periodically counts the number of packets that can be upgraded. This is achieved by a crontab entry installed from the package which looks like this: + I have a machine monitored by Munin. One of the plugins used on that + machine is /etc/munin/plugins/apt which periodically counts the number + of packets that can be upgraded. This is achieved by a crontab entry + installed from the package which looks like this: # # cron-jobs for munin-node # MAILTO=root # If the APT plugin is enabled, update packages databases approx. once # an hour (12 invokations an hour, 1 in 12 chance that the update will # happen), but ensure that there will never be more than two hour (7200 # seconds) interval between updates.. */5 * * * * root if [ -x /etc/munin/plugins/apt_all ]; then /etc/munin/plugins/apt_all update 7200 12 >/dev/null; elif [ -x /etc/munin/plugins/apt ]; then /etc/munin/plugins/apt update 7200 12 >/dev/null; fi + For many months everything has been running smoothly. On the 23rd + November 2016 I started getting the "AppStream cache update completed, + but some metadata was ignored due to errors." messages at a rate of + about ten a day. - For many months everything has been running smoothly. On the 23rd November 2016 I started getting the "AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors." messages at a rate of about ten a day. - - - I did a quick Google search which turned up a handful of bugs from earlier this year, such as + I did a quick Google search which turned up a handful of bugs from earlier this year, such as Bug1575248. That is marked as Fixed Released though, so I am raising this new bug. If there are any further diagnostic details I can provide, please let me know. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: appstream 0.9.4-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-47.68-generic 4.4.24 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-47-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Nov 24 09:57:18 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-08 (1295 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130508) JournalErrors: - -- Logs begin at Wed 2016-11-23 19:25:01 GMT, end at Thu 2016-11-24 09:57:24 GMT. -- - Nov 24 02:22:17 hostname systemd-tmpfiles[27330]: [/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/var.conf:14] Duplicate line for path "/var/log", ignoring. + -- Logs begin at Wed 2016-11-23 19:25:01 GMT, end at Thu 2016-11-24 09:57:24 GMT. -- + Nov 24 02:22:17 hostname systemd-tmpfiles[27330]: [/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/var.conf:14] Duplicate line for path "/var/log", ignoring. ProcEnviron: - TERM=xterm-256color - SHELL=/bin/bash - PATH=(custom, no user) - LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 - LANGUAGE=en_GB:en + TERM=xterm-256color + SHELL=/bin/bash + PATH=(custom, no user) + LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 + LANGUAGE=en_GB:en SourcePackage: appstream UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-24 (91 days ago)
** Changed in: appstream (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to appstream in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1644498 Title: apt-get update returns "AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors." periodically To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/+bug/1644498/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
