[Bug 1038961] [NEW] Maximum override line length is too short

[Colin Watson]

Public bug reported:

We see quite a few messages like this from the publisher:

  W: Malformed override /srv/launchpad.net/ubuntu-archive/ubuntu-
overrides/override.quantal.extra.main line 14628 #2

These correspond to override lines that are too long.  This example is:

  libmng1/powerpc Task    ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop,
kubuntu-active-desktop, kubuntu-active, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-
desktop-kde, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend,
mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave,
mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-
master, ubuntustudio-generation, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio-
plugins, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-photography,
ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntustudio-recording

This carries over into truncated Task fields in Packages files.

Override::ReadOverride currently has "char Line[500]", which is the
cause of this.  Ideally, this code would handle arbitrary-length lines.
However, in practice, the maximum line length we're seeing in quantal is
594, so simply doubling this to 1000 would do nicely for now.

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu Lucid)
     Importance: High
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu Precise)
     Importance: High
         Status: Triaged

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Title:
  Maximum override line length is too short

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “apt” source package in Lucid:
  Triaged
Status in “apt” source package in Precise:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  We see quite a few messages like this from the publisher:

    W: Malformed override /srv/launchpad.net/ubuntu-archive/ubuntu-
  overrides/override.quantal.extra.main line 14628 #2

  These correspond to override lines that are too long.  This example
  is:

    libmng1/powerpc Task    ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop,
  kubuntu-active-desktop, kubuntu-active, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-
  desktop-kde, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend,
  mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave,
  mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-
  master, ubuntustudio-generation, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-
  audio-plugins, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-photography,
  ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntustudio-recording

  This carries over into truncated Task fields in Packages files.

  Override::ReadOverride currently has "char Line[500]", which is the
  cause of this.  Ideally, this code would handle arbitrary-length
  lines.  However, in practice, the maximum line length we're seeing in
  quantal is 594, so simply doubling this to 1000 would do nicely for
  now.

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