This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:17.10.14 --------------- update-manager (1:17.10.14) artful; urgency=medium
* Offer removal of unused autoremovable kernel packages (LP: #1624644, #1675079) * Support package removals in install backends and really remove packages (LP: #1624644, #1675079) * Keep PEP 8 checks happy * Place .keep files in empty directories to keep them when converting the repo to git (LP: #1758963) -- Balint Reczey <rbal...@ubuntu.com> Sun, 25 Mar 2018 19:57:57 +0100 ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu Artful) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of नेपाली भाषा समायोजकहरुको समूह, which is subscribed to Xenial. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu 16.04 Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758963 Title: Please don't ship empty directories in the source package Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in update-manager source package in Xenial: Fix Released Status in update-manager source package in Artful: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] Empty directories can't be stored in Git, which is a very popular version control system for maintaining source packages. Keeping the empty directory in the source package prevent others from easily contributing to the package by importing it in full to a local repository, making changes, then generating an updated source package with tools like git-buildpackage. In that workflow the empty directory would be lost potentially causing errors if the installed binary package relied on it or causing autopkgtest failures if tests used it. The backport to a stable release helps further maintenance of the package in git-based workflows and avoids accidentally breaking autopkgtests when the existence of the empty dirs matter. The upload may drop the empty dirs or place placeholder (e.g.: */.keep) files in the source package. [Test Case] Extract the source package, then run the following command int the extracted source directory: find . -depth -type d -empty [Regression Potential] The removed directories or the added placeholders may cause run-time issues or cause autopkgtest failures. To prevent those please check that the placeholder files are not shipped in the binary packages and also run autokgtests. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1758963/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators Post to : group.of.nepali.translators@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp