** Description changed: In bug 1001715 we can see a package installation failure with the message: - dpkg-deb: error: `/var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-7-jre- + dpkg-deb: error: `/var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-7-jre- lib_7~u3-2.1.1~pre1-1ubuntu2_all.deb' is not a debian format archive These should not be reportable as they are indicative a corrupt or faulty package. I've committed a fix for this to apport for Quantal: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core- dev/ubuntu/quantal/apport/ubuntu/revision/1961 However, only 24 of these have been reported so far: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/?field.searchtext=&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INVALID&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&assignee_option=any&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.bug_commenter=&field.subscriber=&field.structural_subscriber=&field .component-empty-marker=1&field.tag=not-debian- format&field.tags_combinator=ANY&field.status_upstream-empty- marker=1&field.has_cve.used=&field.omit_dupes.used=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.affects_me.used=&field.has_no_package.used=&field.has_patch.used=&field.has_branches.used=&field.has_branches=on&field.has_no_branches.used=&field.has_no_branches=on&field.has_blueprints.used=&field.has_blueprints=on&field.has_no_blueprints.used=&field.has_no_blueprints=on so an SRU may not be worth the work. In the event the we decide it is Steve Langasek came up with the following for recreating the error with a good package: #!/bin/sh set -e for i in "$@" do - case $i in - /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb) - cp /bin/bash $i - ;; - esac + case $i in + /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb) + cp /bin/bash $i + ;; + esac done exec /usr/bin/dpkg.real "$@" + + + SRU REGRESSION POTENTIAL: Very low, the new condition is very specific on the error message in dpkg.log. It could potentially prevent real bugs from being reported if a package file "a.deb" is damaged, but you are trying to install a package "b.deb" in the same run which fails for some other reason. That seems to be a corner case, though, and on a system which managed to corrupt .deb files we do not have a lot of faith in any more anyway. + + SRU TEST CASE: + - Move dpkg aside: sudo mv /usr/bin/dpkg{,.real} + - Replace /usr/bin/dpkg with the wrapper from above, and make it executable + - Try to install a package, e. g. "sudo apt-get install pmount" + - Confirm that it fails with "is not a debian format archive" + - Apport should pop up; try to report the bug + - It will succeed in the precise version, but will abort with "cannot be reported" with this fix.
** Description changed: In bug 1001715 we can see a package installation failure with the message: dpkg-deb: error: `/var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-7-jre- lib_7~u3-2.1.1~pre1-1ubuntu2_all.deb' is not a debian format archive These should not be reportable as they are indicative a corrupt or faulty package. I've committed a fix for this to apport for Quantal: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core- dev/ubuntu/quantal/apport/ubuntu/revision/1961 However, only 24 of these have been reported so far: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/?field.searchtext=&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INVALID&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&assignee_option=any&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.bug_commenter=&field.subscriber=&field.structural_subscriber=&field .component-empty-marker=1&field.tag=not-debian- format&field.tags_combinator=ANY&field.status_upstream-empty- marker=1&field.has_cve.used=&field.omit_dupes.used=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.affects_me.used=&field.has_no_package.used=&field.has_patch.used=&field.has_branches.used=&field.has_branches=on&field.has_no_branches.used=&field.has_no_branches=on&field.has_blueprints.used=&field.has_blueprints=on&field.has_no_blueprints.used=&field.has_no_blueprints=on so an SRU may not be worth the work. In the event the we decide it is Steve Langasek came up with the following for recreating the error with a good package: #!/bin/sh set -e for i in "$@" do case $i in /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb) cp /bin/bash $i ;; esac done exec /usr/bin/dpkg.real "$@" - - SRU REGRESSION POTENTIAL: Very low, the new condition is very specific on the error message in dpkg.log. It could potentially prevent real bugs from being reported if a package file "a.deb" is damaged, but you are trying to install a package "b.deb" in the same run which fails for some other reason. That seems to be a corner case, though, and on a system which managed to corrupt .deb files we do not have a lot of faith in any more anyway. + SRU REGRESSION POTENTIAL: Very low, the new condition is very specific + on the error message in dpkg.log. It could potentially prevent real bugs + from being reported if a package file "a.deb" is damaged, but you are + trying to install a package "b.deb" in the same run which fails for some + other reason. That seems to be a corner case, though, and on a system + which managed to corrupt .deb files we do not have a lot of faith in any + more anyway. SRU TEST CASE: - Move dpkg aside: sudo mv /usr/bin/dpkg{,.real} - Replace /usr/bin/dpkg with the wrapper from above, and make it executable - Try to install a package, e. g. "sudo apt-get install pmount" - Confirm that it fails with "is not a debian format archive" - Apport should pop up; try to report the bug - It will succeed in the precise version, but will abort with "cannot be reported" with this fix. + - After that, don't forget to restore dpkg: sudo mv /usr/bin/dpkg{.real,} -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1002535 Title: 'not a debian format' package install failures should be Unreportable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1002535/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
