fwupd: Error message due to invalid AppStream file

The AppStream component 'com.steelseries.rival-legacy.firmware' in `/usr/share/app-info/xmls/org.freedesktop.fwupd.xml` must have a <name/> and <summary/> tag to be valid.
Adding fwupd, because this should be fixed there. Upstream said he will commit a fix to fwupd tomorrow.

The ID collisions are issues in the metadata Ubuntu provides, and something which can only be fixed server-side, or basically in the packages providing:
 * plan.desktop
 * flcheckers.desktop
 * flblocks.desktop
 * flsudoku.desktop
If two packages providing the same .desktop file is justified, one should be ignored using X-AppStream-Ignore, so it is clear which one is the primary component to be used by AppStream.

The issue "zathura-pdf-poppler.desktop extends zathura.desktop, but zathura.desktop was not found." needs to be investigated, looks like there is some package/file missing in the archive, or a value isn't set correctly.

In any case, fixing the fwupd issue will make the warning message go away, so I'm marking this as invalid on AppStream for now.

Btw, the linked Debian bug is valid, because it complains about not being able to take action on this message, which is something that could be improved.
But since this will usually highlight issues which can only be fixed server-side, this message is primarily for distributors and PPA-maintainers, to know that something is wrong and needs fixing (details are show in verbose mode, because the issues can be plenty - see the Debian bug report for that).

I have marked this bug as 'Confirmed' due to the fact that I have spoken to many people who have the same bug (you can also see lots of people on the AskUbuntu question).

I've added these fields upstream (https://github.com/hughsie/fwupd/commit/f4e0e88f7cba833a4badc1a3d62f1a08dd1bfd96) and backported the fix as an SRU to -proposed.

If it helps, I can roll a new fwupd tomorrow.

Shouldn't be necessary to do a new release just for this. SRU's are best to be small changes with no impact.
I've uploaded a backport of just that patch to xenial-proposed. The release team will need to ack it and release it and go through the SRU process (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates)

Hello Nikita, or anyone else affected,

Accepted fwupd into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fwupd/0.7.0-0ubuntu4.1 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!

Just for the record: running "sudo apt update" gave me the same error, even though original askubuntu post suggested otherwise.

@Orzerch can you please try the fix in -proposed? See the comment in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/+bug/1575248/comments/8

We're waiting for confirmation from someone other than me ( the uploader) that it fixes the problem.

Looks good:

$ fwupdmgr refresh

$ sudo apt update

Get:1 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [247 kB]
Hit:2 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Get:3 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [82.2 kB]
Ign:4 http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu trusty/mongodb-org/3.0 InRelease
Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/darkxst/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Fetched 329 kB in 3s (90.5 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
10 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
tanagra ~ » apt-cache policy fwupd
fwupd:
  Installed: 0.7.0-0ubuntu4.1
  Candidate: 0.7.0-0ubuntu4.1
  Version table:
 *** 0.7.0-0ubuntu4.1 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.7.0-0ubuntu4 500
        500 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

I have also tested it now and it appears to fix the problem everywhere where I could reproduce it before.

Releasing to xenial-updates is blocked by fixing this in yakkety.

This bug was fixed in the package fwupd - 0.7.0-0ubuntu5

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fwupd (0.7.0-0ubuntu5) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * Add name and summary to Rival Steelseries device (LP: #1575248)

 -- Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> Tue, 10 May 2016 09:39:57 -0500

This bug was fixed in the package fwupd - 0.7.0-0ubuntu4.1

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fwupd (0.7.0-0ubuntu4.1) xenial-proposed; urgency=medium

  * Add name and summary to Rival Steelseries device (LP: #1575248)

 -- Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:11:04 -0500

The verification of the Stable Release Update for fwupd has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

Noticed that I was having this issue ~20 Nov 2016. This is the most recent mention that Google found. I will provide details if there is interest. (Or should I just post a new bug?)

I started seeing this message:
 AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors.
on one machine on the 23rd November 2016. I would expect this to be a seperate issue. I cannot reproduce it right now, if I am able to do so later I will try and raise a new bug.

The error message popped out again for me just now. I still cannot get it to reproduce reliably but I have raised Bugs1644498 to start diagnosis.

Yesterday was the second time that I had noticed this issue, so I started searching and ran across this. Unsure when it actually started and how many times it has occurred.

I confirm the issue on 0.7.0-0ubuntu4.3.

I'm having a similar issue here with "AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors." following the use of sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade.

sudo apt policy fwupd
fwupd:
  Installed: 0.7.0-0ubuntu4.3
  Candidate: 0.7.0-0ubuntu4.3
  Version table:
 *** 0.7.0-0ubuntu4.3 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.7.0-0ubuntu4 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

same here.

# fwupdmgr refresh
Failed to download https://s3.amazonaws.com/lvfsbucket/downloads/firmware.xml.gz.asc: SSL handshake failed

Yet that link works in a browser.

Related?

I confirm the issue on 0.7.0-0ubuntu4.3.

uname -a
 4.4.0-47-generic #68-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 26 19:39:52 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-9.20160110ubuntu0.2-amd64:core-9.20160110ubuntu0.2-noarch:printing-9.20160110ubuntu0.2-amd64:printing-9.20160110ubuntu0.2-noarch:security-9.20160110ubuntu0.2-amd64:security-9.20160110ubuntu0.2-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial

I have
"AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors.
Reading package lists... Done"
errors.
-----------------
appstreamcli status
AppStream Status:
Version: 0.9.4

Distribution metadata:
 /usr/share/app-info
  - XML: 1
  - No icons.

 /var/lib/app-info
  - YAML: 12
  - Iconsets:
     ubuntu-xenial-security-main
     ubuntu-xenial-security-universe
     ubuntu-xenial-security-multiverse
     ubuntu-xenial-main
     ubuntu-xenial-universe
     ubuntu-xenial-multiverse
     ubuntu-xenial-updates-main
     ubuntu-xenial-updates-universe
     ubuntu-xenial-updates-multiverse

 /var/cache/app-info
  - XML: 1
  - No icons.

Upstream metadata:
  - Found 44 components in legacy paths.

Summary:
The system metadata cache exists.
We have information on 1764 software components.
--------------------------------------------

Make

1) sudo appstreamcli refresh --force
2) sudo appstreamcli refresh --force --verbose
show
** (appstreamcli:4311): DEBUG: WARNING: Skipped component 'gnome-calculator.desktop': The component is invalid.
** (appstreamcli:4311): DEBUG: WARNING: Skipped component 'software-properties-gnome.desktop': The component is invalid.
** (appstreamcli:4311): DEBUG: WARNING: Skipped component 'ubuntu-mate-welcome.desktop': The component is invalid.
** (appstreamcli:4311): DEBUG: WARNING: Skipped component 'update-manager.desktop': The component is invalid.
** (appstreamcli:4311): DEBUG: WARNING: Skipped component 'virt-manager.desktop': The component is invalid.
** (appstreamcli:4311): DEBUG: WARNING: Skipped component 'unity-keyboard-panel.desktop': The component is invalid.
** (appstreamcli:4311): DEBUG: WARNING: Skipped component 'unity-mouse-panel.desktop': The component is invalid.
** (appstreamcli:4311): DEBUG: WARNING: Skipped component 'org.gnome.Maps.desktop': The component is invalid.
** (appstreamcli:4311): DEBUG: WARNING: Skipped component 'unity-universal-access-panel.desktop': The component is invalid.
** (appstreamcli:4311): DEBUG: WARNING: Skipped component 'CMake.desktop': The component is invalid.
and undere
3) sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* - hasn't helped
4) sudo apt install -reinstall fwupd - hasn't helped
5) sudo fwupdmgr refresh - hasn't helped

I have one not original REPO
 google-earth
has removed him.
The mistake has left so far, but also didn't receive updates.
It is necessary to wait still

Confirmed here also. Just began very recently appearing:

AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors.

same here as of Friday(25th November 2016) update

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Confirmed that the error is back on (X)Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS and fwupd 0.7.0-0ubuntu4.3.

Please remember that this bug is solved - you are likely running into LP #1644498 though, which is a new and different issue.

Bug still persists after update: 20161128 18:00 GMT.

Ok. Does that joepardize the instalaltion or not?

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Objet : [Bug 1575248] Re: "AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors." on "sudo apt-get update"

Bug still persists after update: 20161128 18:00 GMT.

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Warning still persists as per today 22:07GMT.

fwupd version 0.7.0-0ubuntu4.3 on Xenial.

There is a fix for the warning message in bug #1644498.

You can follow the instructions in that bug to test the fix. You can also follow the progress in that bug and wait for the fix to be released for Xenial.