Hello Michael, or anyone else affected, Accepted apt into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.24 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Precise) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1449394 Title: Crash 854d2ed5e61bf3647f46bb17bb41958c97c4f58d Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in apt source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in apt source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact]The apt version 1.0.1ubuntu2.7 from trusty-proposed has a regression for some users: """ ConfigValueInSubTree → pkgDepCache → → MarkInstall → pkgDepCache → → MarkInstall → pkgDepCache → → MarkInstall → doAutoInstall: #0 __strcmp_ssse3 () at ../sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/strcmp-ssse3.S:241 No locals. #1 0xb7656e25 in ConfigValueInSubTree (SubTree=SubTree@entry=0xb771edc3 "APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections", needle=0x0) at depcache.cc:59 Opts = 0x99bec98 #2 0xb765d3d6 in pkgDepCache::MarkInstall (this=0x99c1738, Pkg=..., AutoInst=AutoInst@entry=true, Depth=2, FromUser=FromUser@entry=false, ForceImportantDeps=false) at depcache.cc:1228 """ Errors Bucket ------------- https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/854d2ed5e61bf3647f46bb17bb41958c97c4f58d [Test Case] Install deb package that has no section in instVersion, see if program crashes. [Regression Potential] Adds an additional check to if statement to ensure InstVer->Section != 0. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1449394/+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