Don't pull in network-online.target in apt-daily.timer

Hello Julian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted apt into zesty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/1.4.8 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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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-zesty to verification-done-zesty. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-zesty. 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!

Hello Julian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted apt into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/1.2.25 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 on 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-xenial to verification-done-xenial. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-xenial. 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!

xenial verified:

root@eab04dbb263d:/# grep Wants /lib/systemd/system/apt-daily.timer
Wants=network-online.target
root@eab04dbb263d:/# apt install apt
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libapt-pkg5.0
Suggested packages:
  aptitude | synaptic | wajig dpkg-dev apt-doc python-apt
The following packages will be upgraded:
  apt libapt-pkg5.0
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 1746 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1024 B disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 libapt-pkg5.0 amd64 1.2.25 [706 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 apt amd64 1.2.25 [1041 kB]
Fetched 1746 kB in 1s (923 kB/s)
debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
(Reading database ... 6862 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libapt-pkg5.0_1.2.25_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libapt-pkg5.0:amd64 (1.2.25) over (1.2.24) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...
Setting up libapt-pkg5.0:amd64 (1.2.25) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...
(Reading database ... 6862 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../archives/apt_1.2.25_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking apt (1.2.25) over (1.2.24) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...
Setting up apt (1.2.25) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...
root@eab04dbb263d:/# grep Wants /lib/systemd/system/apt-daily.timer

Verified on zesty:

root@d5c73dbb41a2:/# apt-cache policy apt
apt:
  Installed: 1.4.6~17.04.1
  Candidate: 1.4.8
  Version table:
     1.4.8 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/main amd64 Packages
 *** 1.4.6~17.04.1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.4 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages
root@d5c73dbb41a2:/# grep Wants /lib/systemd/system/apt-daily.timer
Wants=network-online.target
root@d5c73dbb41a2:/# apt install apt
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  apt-doc aptitude | synaptic | wajig dpkg-dev powermgmt-base python-apt
The following packages will be upgraded:
  apt
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
Need to get 1096 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1024 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/main amd64 apt amd64 1.4.8 [1096 kB]
Fetched 1096 kB in 1s (850 kB/s)
debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
(Reading database ... 4078 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../archives/apt_1.4.8_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking apt (1.4.8) over (1.4.6~17.04.1) ...
Setting up apt (1.4.8) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2.2) ...
root@d5c73dbb41a2:/# grep Wants /lib/systemd/system/apt-daily.timer
root@d5c73dbb41a2:/#

This bug was fixed in the package apt - 1.2.25

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apt (1.2.25) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Microrelease covering 1.4.7 (LP: #1702326) and 1.4.8

  [ Robert Luberda ]
  * fix a "critical" typo in old changelog entry (Closes: 866358)

  [ David Kalnischkies ]
  * use port from SRV record instead of initial port
  * don't ask an uninit _system for supported archs (LP: #1613184)

  [ Julian Andres Klode ]
  * Reset failure reason when connection was successful
  * http: A response with Content-Length: 0 has no content
  * apt-daily: Pull in network-online.target in service, not timer
    (LP: #1716973)

  [ Balint Reczey ]
  * Gracefully terminate process when stopping apt-daily-upgrade (LP: #1690980)

 -- Julian Andres Klode <email address hidden> Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:14:54 +0200

The verification of the Stable Release Update for apt 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.