** Description changed: - This is part of the reason why the autopkgtes installing all security updates is failing for cosmic with 1.10ubuntu1: + [Impact] + + * Without the fix u-u could not upgrade particular packages from -security. It could be observed in Cosmic with systemd security updates failing to install partly due to 239-7ubuntu10.10 being smaller than 239-7ubuntu10.8 when comparing them as strings: https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac/autopkgtest-disco/disco/amd64/u/unattended-upgrades/20190318_182031_fe4fe@/log.gz + + [Test Case] + + * The fix includes the extension of the build-time test cases to cover + package sets with which u-u fails with without the fallback: + ... - Checking: libnss-systemd ([<Origin component:'main' archive:'cosmic-updates' origin:'Ubuntu' label:'Ubuntu' site:'archive.ubuntu.com' isTrusted:True>]) - pkg libsystemd0 not in allowed origin - sanity check failed + Running ./test_rewind.py with python3 + DEBUG:root:APT::VersionedKernelPackages is not set + DEBUG:root:adjusting candidate version: test-package=2.0 ... + + With the unfixed version the test case fails here because u-u tries to + upgrade test-package to version 12.0 because it does not find version + 2.0 smaller. + + [Regression Potential] + + * The change is very small and isolated, but fixing it revealed the + issue fixed in LP: #1821101. Since the found issue's fix introduces + fallbacks when apt's resolver can't find a the solution it is unlikely + that other failures are triggered by the fix.
-- 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/1820888 Title: unattended-upgrades may hold back upgrades due to comparing package versions by their string representation Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] * Without the fix u-u could not upgrade particular packages from -security. It could be observed in Cosmic with systemd security updates failing to install partly due to 239-7ubuntu10.10 being smaller than 239-7ubuntu10.8 when comparing them as strings: https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac/autopkgtest-disco/disco/amd64/u/unattended-upgrades/20190318_182031_fe4fe@/log.gz [Test Case] * The fix includes the extension of the build-time test cases to cover package sets with which u-u fails with without the fallback: ... Running ./test_rewind.py with python3 DEBUG:root:APT::VersionedKernelPackages is not set DEBUG:root:adjusting candidate version: test-package=2.0 ... With the unfixed version the test case fails here because u-u tries to upgrade test-package to version 12.0 because it does not find version 2.0 smaller. [Regression Potential] * The change is very small and isolated, but fixing it revealed the issue fixed in LP: #1821101. Since the found issue's fix introduces fallbacks when apt's resolver can't find a the solution it is unlikely that other failures are triggered by the fix. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1820888/+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
