Tested with unattended-upgrades/1.1ubuntu1.18.04.7~16.04.2: Python-apt is not rebuilt in the test:
https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac /autopkgtest-xenial/xenial/amd64/u/unattended- upgrades/20190228_150449_11313@/log.gz ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-xenial ** Tags added: verification-don verification-done-xenial ** Tags removed: verification-don ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unattended-upgrades in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1781586 Title: Skip rebuilding python-apt in upgrade autopkgtests Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Bionic: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] * Python-apt has a new build dependency making the rebuilding as is failing and the reference handling issue is worked around in unattended-upgrades already. * Table updates of python-apt may make u-u autopkgtest fail without the u-u package having any problem when it is installed. [Test Case] * Check upgrade-all-security autopkgtest output, it should not rebuild the python-apt package. [Regression Potential] * Autopkgtest may fail due running it with not rebuilt python-apt. This problem can be caught easily when testing the package. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1781586/+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