Broken URL in GRUB change description
Colin Watson
cjwatson at ubuntu.com
Tue Mar 26 12:47:40 UTC 2019
On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 10:29:01AM +1100, Luke (gmail) wrote:
> The URL provided in the Technical Description (Changes) for GRUB updates
> typically (always?) contains a broken link to the list of changes (which are
> listed as not yet available, on every occasion I've checked).
>
> This undermines confidence in the validity of the package; I don't expect
> official package updates to contain broken links.
>
> A case in point:
>
> "Changes for grub-efi-amd64-signed versions:
> Installed version: 1.66.20+2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.20
> Available version: 1.66.21+2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.21
>
> The list of changes is not yet available.
>
> Please use http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2-signed/1.66.21+2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.21/+changelog
> until the changes become available or try again later."
This is an update-manager bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/655917
I don't normally work on update-manager, but the problem is pretty clear
now that I've looked at it, so I'll see if I can put together a fix.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]
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