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apt-offline package

[SRU] Update apt-offline to fix apt compatibility

Bug #1357217 reported by Kenneth Wrede on 2014-08-15

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	apt-offline (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned
	Trusty	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

[Impact]
The current version of apt-offline in Trusty (fixed in Utopic) does not work.

root@X:~# apt-offline set /home/offline.txt

Generating database of files that are needed for an update.
E: Command line option --simulate is not understood
ERROR: FATAL: Something is wrong with the apt system.

root@x:~# apt-offline set /home/offline.txt --verbose
VERBOSE: Namespace(func=<function setter at 0x7f13af66e320>, set='/home/offline.txt', set_install_packages=None, set_install_release=None, set_install_src_packages=None, set_update=False, set_upgrade=False, simulate=False, src_build_dep=False, upgrade_type='upgrade', verbose=True)

Generating database of files that are needed for an update.
VERBOSE: Set environment variable for LANG from en_GB.UTF-8 to C temporarily.
E: Command line option --simulate is not understood
ERROR: FATAL: Something is wrong with the apt system.
VERBOSE: Set environment variable for LANG back to its original from C to en_GB.UTF-8.
VERBOSE: Calling __FixAptSigs to fix the apt sig problem
Generating database of files that are needed for an upgrade.

[Test Case]
Use the following command. It should run without error, and generate a package listing at /home/offline.txt

$ sudo apt-offline set /home/offline.txt --verbose
[sudo] password for sean:
VERBOSE: Namespace(func=<function setter at 0x7fee41622320>, set='/home/offline.txt', set_install_packages=None, set_install_release=None, set_install_src_packages=None, set_update=False, set_upgrade=False, simulate=False, src_build_dep=False, upgrade_type='upgrade', verbose=True)

Generating database of files that are needed for an update.
VERBOSE: Set environment variable for LANG from en_US.UTF-8 to C temporarily.
VERBOSE: Set environment variable for LANG back to its original from C to en_US.UTF-8.
VERBOSE: Calling __FixAptSigs to fix the apt sig problem
Generating database of files that are needed for an upgrade.

[Regression Potential]
Minimal. The current version of apt-offline does not work at all, and this package fixes this.

See original description

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Related branches

lp:ubuntu/utopic-proposed/apt-offline

lp:ubuntu/trusty-proposed/apt-offline

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Kenneth Wrede (kennethwrede) wrote on 2014-08-15:

AptOfflineCoreLib.py Edit (108.2 KiB, text/x-python)

I attach my AptOfflineCoreLib.py if someone is intrested. These error messages seems to appear at row 1499, but it seems to mean a lot of things.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-08-26:

This bug was fixed in the package apt-offline - 1.3.1ubuntu1

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apt-offline (1.3.1ubuntu1) utopic; urgency=medium

* Add git commit debf1ea to fix compatibility with apt. (LP: #1357217)
-- Unit 193 <email address hidden> Mon, 25 Aug 2014 06:24:50 -0400

Changed in apt-offline (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Fix Released

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Kenneth Wrede (kennethwrede) wrote on 2014-09-08:

Still the same same problem in Trusty. The fix is not released there.

Kenneth Wrede (kennethwrede) on 2014-09-12

tags:

added: trusty

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-10-25:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in apt-offline (Ubuntu Trusty):
status:	New → Confirmed

Sean Davis (bluesabre) on 2014-10-25

summary:	- Something is wrong with the apt system. + [SRU] Update apt-offline to fix apt compatibility
description:	updated

Sean Davis (bluesabre) on 2014-10-25

Changed in apt-offline (Ubuntu Trusty):
status:	Confirmed → In Progress

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Chris J Arges (arges) wrote on 2014-10-28: Please test proposed package

Hello Kenneth, or anyone else affected,

Accepted apt-offline into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-offline/1.3.1ubuntu0.1 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!

Changed in apt-offline (Ubuntu Trusty):
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed
tags:	added: verification-needed

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Kenneth Wrede (kennethwrede) wrote on 2014-12-05:

Unfortunatly I havn't been able to test it until now. (The computers have been in boxes.)

But now I have, and it works GREAT!
Version 1.3.1ubuntu0.1

Thanks a lot!

tags:

added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-12-08:

This bug was fixed in the package apt-offline - 1.3.1ubuntu0.1

---------------
apt-offline (1.3.1ubuntu0.1) trusty-proposed; urgency=medium

* Add git commit debf1ea to fix compatibility with apt. (LP: #1357217)
-- Unit 193 <email address hidden> Fri, 24 Oct 2014 21:20:14 -0400

Changed in apt-offline (Ubuntu Trusty):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2014-12-08: Update Released

The verification of the Stable Release Update for apt-offline 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.