I've just looked at the patch to enable NotAutomatic support in apt- ftparchive: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=272557#55 If this isn't fixed soon, I'll have to either redesign our customized repo software environment or upgrade our repo server from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 to have an apt version new enough to be compatible with the patch, which doesn't appear natively until zesty.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #272557 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=272557 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1661460 Title: appstream breaks installation as it is incompatible with gnome- software To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/+bug/1661460/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
