[Bug 1907850] [NEW] Cache not generated for all translations

Julian Andres Klode 1907850 at bugs.launchpad.net
Fri Dec 11 19:03:32 UTC 2020


Public bug reported:

[Impact]
In bug 1161743 we discovered that if a system is configured with multiple locales, only the locales of the user who generated the apt-cache will be available for translated descriptions.

[Test case]

# apt install locales-all # get the locale
# export LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
# locale
LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=
# apt update
# apt-cache show tasksel | grep Desc
Description-sv: tool for selecting tasks for installation on Debian systems
Description-md5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
# apt-cache showpkg tasksel
Package: tasksel
Versions:
3.34ubuntu16 (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_binary-amd64_Packages)
 Description Language:
                 File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_binary-amd64_Packages
                  MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
 Description Language: sv
                 File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_i18n_Translation-sv
                  MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
 Description Language: en
                 File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_i18n_Translation-en
                  MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
[...]

So far so good, but now assume the root user actually has C configured
as locale, and e.g. runs apt-cache show (or apt-daily.service does an
update):

root at g:~# rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
root at g:~# LANG=C apt-cache  show tasksel
[...]
Description-en: tool for selecting tasks for installation on Debian systems
 This package provides 'tasksel', a simple interface for users who
 want to configure their system to perform a specific task.

root at g:~# apt-cache  showpkg tasksel
Package: tasksel
Versions:
3.34ubuntu16 (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_binary-amd64_Packages)
 Description Language:
                 File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_binary-amd64_Packages
                  MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
 Description Language: en
                 File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_i18n_Translation-en
                  MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec

This should show the sv locale as well given that it's still around
(also we are still running with LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8), but it only generated
the cache with the english language description in here.

[Where problems could occur]
Unknown so far, we've not investigated the cause or solution yet.

[Other Info]
N/A

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: rls-hh-incoming

** Description changed:

  [Impact]
  In bug 1161743 we discovered that if a system is configured with multiple locales, only the locales of the user who generated the apt-cache will be available for translated descriptions.
  
  [Test case]
  
  # apt install locales-all # get the locale
  # export LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
  # locale
  LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
  LANGUAGE=
  LC_CTYPE="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_NUMERIC="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_TIME="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_COLLATE="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_MONETARY="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_MESSAGES="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_PAPER="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_NAME="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_ADDRESS="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_TELEPHONE="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_MEASUREMENT="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_IDENTIFICATION="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_ALL=
  # apt update
  # apt-cache show tasksel | grep Desc
  Description-sv: tool for selecting tasks for installation on Debian systems
  Description-md5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
  # apt-cache showpkg tasksel
  Package: tasksel
  Versions:
  3.34ubuntu16 (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_binary-amd64_Packages)
-  Description Language:
-                  File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_binary-amd64_Packages
-                   MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
-  Description Language: sv
-                  File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_i18n_Translation-sv
-                   MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
-  Description Language: en
-                  File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_i18n_Translation-en
-                   MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
+  Description Language:
+                  File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_binary-amd64_Packages
+                   MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
+  Description Language: sv
+                  File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_i18n_Translation-sv
+                   MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
+  Description Language: en
+                  File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_i18n_Translation-en
+                   MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
  [...]
  
  So far so good, but now assume the root user actually has C configured
  as locale, and e.g. runs apt-cache show (or apt-daily.service does an
  update):
  
- root at g:~# rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
- root at g:~# LANG=C apt-cache  show tasksel                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
- [...]                                                                                                                                 
- Description-en: tool for selecting tasks for installation on Debian systems                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
-  This package provides 'tasksel', a simple interface for users who                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
-  want to configure their system to perform a specific task.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
- root at g:~# apt-cache  showpkg tasksel                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
- Package: tasksel                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
- Versions:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
- 3.34ubuntu16 (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_binary-amd64_Packages)                                                                                                                                                                                         
-  Description Language:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
-                  File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_binary-amd64_Packages                                                                                                                                                                                 
-                   MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
-  Description Language: en                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
-                  File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_i18n_Translation-en                                                                                                                                                                                   
-                   MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec        
+ root at g:~# rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
+ root at g:~# LANG=C apt-cache  show tasksel
+ [...]
+ Description-en: tool for selecting tasks for installation on Debian systems
+  This package provides 'tasksel', a simple interface for users who
+  want to configure their system to perform a specific task.
  
+ root at g:~# apt-cache  showpkg tasksel
+ Package: tasksel
+ Versions:
+ 3.34ubuntu16 (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_binary-amd64_Packages)
+  Description Language:
+                  File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_binary-amd64_Packages
+                   MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
+  Description Language: en
+                  File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_i18n_Translation-en
+                   MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
  
- This should show the sv locale as well given that it's still around, but
- it only generated the cache with the english language description in
- here.
+ This should show the sv locale as well given that it's still around
+ (also we are still running with LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8), but it only generated
+ the cache with the english language description in here.
  
  [Where problems could occur]
  Unknown so far, we've not investigated the cause or solution yet.
  
  [Other Info]
  N/A

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Title:
  Cache not generated for all translations

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  In bug 1161743 we discovered that if a system is configured with multiple locales, only the locales of the user who generated the apt-cache will be available for translated descriptions.

  [Test case]

  # apt install locales-all # get the locale
  # export LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
  # locale
  LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
  LANGUAGE=
  LC_CTYPE="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_NUMERIC="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_TIME="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_COLLATE="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_MONETARY="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_MESSAGES="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_PAPER="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_NAME="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_ADDRESS="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_TELEPHONE="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_MEASUREMENT="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_IDENTIFICATION="sv_SE.UTF-8"
  LC_ALL=
  # apt update
  # apt-cache show tasksel | grep Desc
  Description-sv: tool for selecting tasks for installation on Debian systems
  Description-md5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
  # apt-cache showpkg tasksel
  Package: tasksel
  Versions:
  3.34ubuntu16 (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_binary-amd64_Packages)
   Description Language:
                   File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_binary-amd64_Packages
                    MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
   Description Language: sv
                   File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_i18n_Translation-sv
                    MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
   Description Language: en
                   File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_i18n_Translation-en
                    MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
  [...]

  So far so good, but now assume the root user actually has C configured
  as locale, and e.g. runs apt-cache show (or apt-daily.service does an
  update):

  root at g:~# rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
  root at g:~# LANG=C apt-cache  show tasksel
  [...]
  Description-en: tool for selecting tasks for installation on Debian systems
   This package provides 'tasksel', a simple interface for users who
   want to configure their system to perform a specific task.

  root at g:~# apt-cache  showpkg tasksel
  Package: tasksel
  Versions:
  3.34ubuntu16 (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_binary-amd64_Packages)
   Description Language:
                   File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_binary-amd64_Packages
                    MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec
   Description Language: en
                   File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_main_i18n_Translation-en
                    MD5: cbbb747708986d11ea77c80b9b038fec

  This should show the sv locale as well given that it's still around
  (also we are still running with LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8), but it only
  generated the cache with the english language description in here.

  [Where problems could occur]
  Unknown so far, we've not investigated the cause or solution yet.

  [Other Info]
  N/A

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