** Description changed: + [Impact] + + * Unattended-upgrades may crash when a package in apt's cache does not have a candidate and it is visited when finding packages to adjust. + * The crash occurs when apt.Package.candidate is None and the fix is checking if .candidate is truthy and it that case is safe to reference the .dependencies attribute. + + [Test Case] + + * Watch the error not happening anymore. + + [Regression Potential] + + * The fix is very small and is not likely to cause any regression. + + [Original Bug Text] + The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding unattended-upgrades. This problem was most recently seen with package version 1.10ubuntu5, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/0d08f995622277f81d276f1eae7e1a722e3627de 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 unattended-upgrades in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1825886 Title: Unattended-upgrades may crash when a package does not have a candidate Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Bionic: New Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Cosmic: New Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Disco: New Bug description: [Impact] * Unattended-upgrades may crash when a package in apt's cache does not have a candidate and it is visited when finding packages to adjust. * The crash occurs when apt.Package.candidate is None and the fix is checking if .candidate is truthy and it that case is safe to reference the .dependencies attribute. [Test Case] * Watch the error not happening anymore. [Regression Potential] * The fix is very small and is not likely to cause any regression. [Original Bug Text] The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding unattended-upgrades. This problem was most recently seen with package version 1.10ubuntu5, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/0d08f995622277f81d276f1eae7e1a722e3627de 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/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1825886/+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
