OK, that makes sense. Sorry, I did not see that from the bug report and did not remember apt.utils existing.
To ignore the signature, we need to open the InRelease file using apt_pkg.open_maybe_clear_signed_file() and pass the returned file descriptor to the TagFile, AFAICT. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to python-apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1503979 Title: ubuntu-support-status throws exeption No date tag found (regression) Status in python-apt package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Release: 14.04 update-manager-core: 1:0.196.14 Since the last update ubuntu-support-status throws Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 133, in <module> pkg.name, support_tag) File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 49, in get_maintenance_status raise Exception("No date tag found") Exception: No date tag found To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-apt/+bug/1503979/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp