[Bug 1790693] [NEW] appstreamcli crash when attempting release upgrade to cosmic

[Brian Murray]

Public bug reported:

(appstreamcli:7417): GLib-^[[1;35mCRITICAL^[[0m **: ^[[34m10:34:15.801^[[0m: g_variant_builder_end: assertion '!GVSB(builder)->uniform_item_types || GVSB(builder)->prev_item_type != NULL || g_variant_type_is_definite (GVSB(builder)->type)' failed^M
^M
(appstreamcli:7417): GLib-^[[1;35mCRITICAL^[[0m **: ^[[34m10:34:15.802^[[0m: g_variant_new_variant: assertion 'value != NULL' failed^M
^M
(appstreamcli:7417): GLib-^[[1;31mERROR^[[0m **: ^[[34m10:34:15.802^[[0m: g_variant_new_parsed: 11-13:invalid GVariant format string^M
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)^M

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.22
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.15.0-30.32-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Sep  4 10:39:20 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-13 (21 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-09-04 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog:
 Log time: 2018-09-04 10:29:56.386079
 Log time: 2018-09-04 10:29:59.174856
 Log time: 2018-09-04 10:34:17.437696
modified.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2018-09-04T09:43:22.733910

** Affects: appstream (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: New

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic dist-upgrade rls-cc-incoming

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Title:
  appstreamcli crash when attempting release upgrade to cosmic

Status in appstream package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  (appstreamcli:7417): GLib-^[[1;35mCRITICAL^[[0m **: ^[[34m10:34:15.801^[[0m: g_variant_builder_end: assertion '!GVSB(builder)->uniform_item_types || GVSB(builder)->prev_item_type != NULL || g_variant_type_is_definite (GVSB(builder)->type)' failed^M
  ^M
  (appstreamcli:7417): GLib-^[[1;35mCRITICAL^[[0m **: ^[[34m10:34:15.802^[[0m: g_variant_new_variant: assertion 'value != NULL' failed^M
  ^M
  (appstreamcli:7417): GLib-^[[1;31mERROR^[[0m **: ^[[34m10:34:15.802^[[0m: g_variant_new_parsed: 11-13:invalid GVariant format string^M
  Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)^M

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.22
  ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.15.0-30.32-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-30-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Tue Sep  4 10:39:20 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-13 (21 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-09-04 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeAptlog:
   Log time: 2018-09-04 10:29:56.386079
   Log time: 2018-09-04 10:29:59.174856
   Log time: 2018-09-04 10:34:17.437696
  modified.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: [modified]
  mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2018-09-04T09:43:22.733910

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