[Bug 1817048] Re: apt/trusty: Stack overflow in apt-ftparchive; on arm64, breaking about a third of the tests

[Launchpad Bug Tracker]

This bug was fixed in the package apt - 1.0.1ubuntu2.22

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apt (1.0.1ubuntu2.22) trusty; urgency=medium

  * apt.dirs: Install auth.conf.d directory (LP: #1818996)
  * Merge translations from 1.2.31

apt (1.0.1ubuntu2.21) trusty; urgency=medium

  [ Julian Andres Klode ]
  * travis CI: Use docker container to get useful results
  * fix and non-silent fail dpkg-overwrite error test (LP: #1817088)
  * Introduce experimental 'never' pinning for sources (LP: #1814727)
  * Add support for /etc/apt/auth.conf.d/*.conf (netrcparts) (LP: #1811120)
  * Add a Packages-Require-Authorization Release file field (LP: #1814727)
  * NeverAutoRemove kernel meta packages (LP: #1787460)
  * Introduce APT::Install::Pre-Invoke / Post-Invoke-Success (LP: #1815761)

  [ David Kalnischkies ]
  * ftparchive/writer.cc: use a std::vector instead of hardcoded array
    (LP: #1817048)

 -- Julian Andres Klode <juliank at ubuntu.com>  Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:15:54
+0100

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  apt/trusty: Stack overflow in apt-ftparchive; on arm64, breaking about
  a third of the tests

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in apt source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  autopkgtest suite on arm64 is basically useless, as about a third of the tests do not work, because they rely on apt-ftparchive generating an archive

  [Test case]
  Substantially less tests should fail, there should be no segfaults.

  [Regression potential]
  I am cherry-picking a fix that changes statically length arrays (that are too small) to vector. A possible regression could be fields missing I guess, it should definitely be easily noticeable. Low risk.

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