[Bug 1907850] Re: Cache not generated for all translations
Brian Murray
1907850 at bugs.launchpad.net
Thu Jan 7 19:34:45 UTC 2021
** Tags removed: rls-hh-incoming
** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu Hirsute)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Confirmed
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Title:
Cache not generated for all translations
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in apt source package in Hirsute:
Confirmed
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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