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apt-plugin.patch causes failures with .CAB files

Bug #1556586 reported by Mario Limonciello
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gnome-software (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I've got current version of gnome-software installed (3.19.92~git20160310.0c17ea0-0ubuntu1) but rebuilt with firmware support. No source changes, just build with libfwupd-dev in environment.

When I double click a .CAB firmware package I get an error about dpkg-dev output format being incorrect. This is a bit odd since .CAB is only supposed to be handled by the fwupd plugin IIRC.

Anyhow, I run gnome-software with --verbose and get this result:

<SNIP>
(gnome-software:14762): As-DEBUG: run 0x2404850~GsPlugin::fwupd(gs_plugin_filename_to_app)
(gnome-software:14762): GsPlugin-DEBUG: key Version
(gnome-software:14762): GsPlugin-DEBUG: key Guid
(gnome-software:14762): GsPlugin-DEBUG: key Size
(gnome-software:14762): GsPlugin-DEBUG: key Vendor
(gnome-software:14762): GsPlugin-DEBUG: key Name
(gnome-software:14762): GsPlugin-DEBUG: key Summary
(gnome-software:14762): GsPlugin-DEBUG: key Description
(gnome-software:14762): GsPlugin-DEBUG: key UrlHomepage
(gnome-software:14762): GsPlugin-DEBUG: key License
(gnome-software:14762): Gs-DEBUG: nonfree licence from (null): '@LicenseRef-proprietary'
(gnome-software:14762): GsPlugin-DEBUG: key Trusted
(gnome-software:14762): As-DEBUG: run 0x2404850~GsPlugin::apt(gs_plugin_filename_to_app)

(gnome-software:14762): Gs-WARNING **: failed to convert to GsApp: dpkg-deb output format incorrect:
""

As I can tell this stuff comes from apt-plugin.patch, so it's mistakenly processing .CAB files in addition to .DEB files.

Revision history for this message
Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote :

FWIW the other plugins that are in gnome-software upstream do match via mimetype:
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-software/tree/src/plugins/gs-plugin-fwupd.c#n1021
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-software/tree/src/plugins/gs-plugin-packagekit-refresh.c#n203

Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)
Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Committed
importance: Undecided → Medium
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 3.19.93~git20160316.f312890-0ubuntu3

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gnome-software (3.19.93~git20160316.f312890-0ubuntu3) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Small changelog fix

 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:00:34 +1300

Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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