[Bug 1775307] Re: Unattended-upgrades crashes in adjusting candidates in 1.2ubuntu1 version

[Launchpad Bug Tracker]

This bug was fixed in the package unattended-upgrades -
1.1ubuntu1.18.04.1

---------------
unattended-upgrades (1.1ubuntu1.18.04.1) bionic; urgency=medium

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * unattended-upgrades: fix Unlocked context manager. (LP: #1602536)
    The Unlocked context manager did correctly unlock but did not
    reacquire the lock which means that in minimal-upgrade step
    mode it is possible to run apt code without a lock. If something
    else (like landscape, apt, synaptic, packagekit) locks the cache
    in the meantime this will work and u-u will get dpkg errors
    because dpkg will not be able to perform its operations. It is
    less of an issue in non-minimal mode, but even then the auto-remove
    step may fail in this way.

  [ Balint Reczey ]
  * Fix adjusting candidates (LP: #1775292)
  * Relock apt lock before reopening the cache (LP: #1602536)
  * Fix crashing while adjusting candidates and save candidates to adjust only
    in first sweep run, not emptying the set later
    (Closes: #901258) (LP: #1775307)

 -- Balint Reczey <rbalint at ubuntu.com>  Wed, 06 Jun 2018 16:30:55 -0700

** Changed in: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to unattended-upgrades in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1775307

Title:
  Unattended-upgrades crashes in adjusting candidates in 1.2ubuntu1
  version

Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Bionic:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * Unattended-upgrades fails to install updates when adjusting
  candidates is needed.

  [Test Case]

  Note that only 1.2ubuntu1 is affected. Earlier releases either did not
  crash or did not adjust candidates due to LP: #1775292. To reproduce
  the crash Cosmic's u-u 1.2ubuntu1 needs to be installed.

   * Run sudo apt update && sudo unattended-upgrade --dry-run --verbose --debug
   * Observe no line with "adjusting candidate version: " or a crash with buggy u-u versions
  ...
  adjusting candidate version: zfs-initramfs=0.7.5-1ubuntu15
  adjusting candidate version: zfs-test=0.7.5-1ubuntu15
  adjusting candidate version: zfs-zed=0.7.5-1ubuntu15
  adjusting candidate version: zfsutils-linux=0.7.5-1ubuntu15
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1928, in <module>
      sys.exit(main(options))
    File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1554, in main
      allowed_origins=allowed_origins)
    File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 122, in __init__
      apt.Cache.__init__(self, rootdir=rootdir)
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 130, in __init__
      self.open(progress)
    File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 152, in open
      self.adjust_candidates()
    File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 161, in adjust_candidates
      for pkgname, candidate in self._get_candidates_to_adjust():
  ValueError: too many values to unpack (expected 2) * Install fixed u-u version

   * Run sudo unattended-upgrade --dry-run --verbose --debug
   * Observe lines "adjusting candidate version: " and no crash

  [Regression Potential]

   * Unattended-upgrade may crash when adjusting candidates preventing
  upgrades to be installed

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1775307/+subscriptions