** Description changed: + [Impact] + pkcon what-provides and other tools querying codecs do not work, they crash (unless you happen to be lucky with your apt cache) + + [Test case] + The daemon should not crash as below, but should print a useful message. + + $ lxc launch -e ubuntu:bionic bbb + $ lxc exec bbb apt update + $ lxc exec bbb -- apt -y install packagekit + $ lxc exec bbb pkcon what-provides "gstreamer1.0(decoder-audio/ac3)" + [...] The daemon crashed mid-transaction! + + (empty lxd container seems to be able to reproduce easily) + + [Regression potential] + I don't think it's possible to have a regression here, given the nature of the fix, but if there were one, we'd see different behavior in codec lookup. + + [Other info] The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding packagekit. This problem was most recently seen with package version 1.1.10-1ubuntu2, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/46649a8a55e07e74b9d522c9bc9d71a74905ccc2 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to packagekit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1790671 Title: /usr/lib/packagekit/packagekitd:11:std::__cxx11::basic_string:AptIntf::providesCodec:backend_what_provides_thread:pk_backend_job_thread_setup:g_thread_proxy Status in packagekit package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in packagekit source package in Bionic: New Bug description: [Impact] pkcon what-provides and other tools querying codecs do not work, they crash (unless you happen to be lucky with your apt cache) [Test case] The daemon should not crash as below, but should print a useful message. $ lxc launch -e ubuntu:bionic bbb $ lxc exec bbb apt update $ lxc exec bbb -- apt -y install packagekit $ lxc exec bbb pkcon what-provides "gstreamer1.0(decoder-audio/ac3)" [...] The daemon crashed mid-transaction! (empty lxd container seems to be able to reproduce easily) [Regression potential] I don't think it's possible to have a regression here, given the nature of the fix, but if there were one, we'd see different behavior in codec lookup. [Other info] The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding packagekit. This problem was most recently seen with package version 1.1.10-1ubuntu2, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/46649a8a55e07e74b9d522c9bc9d71a74905ccc2 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/1790671/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
