** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1974456
Title: regression: apt.postint fails if never previously configured Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in apt source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Status in apt source package in Focal: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] bootstrapping a system with apt that fixes #1968154 fails in focal and bionic, as they try to execute the config file that is being removed. This is not a problem on updates, only on new installs, so impact is limited to bootstrapping tools that enable -updates, such as mmdebstrap. [Test case] bootstrapping with -updates enabled can easily be tested with mmdebstrap: mmdebstrap -v focal ~/Projects/Ubuntu/Scratch/focal for example, on focal: Setting up apt (2.0.8) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/apt.postinst: 65: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal: not found dpkg: error processing package apt (--configure): installed apt package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127 [Regression potential] We remove 5 lines from the shell postinst script, there could be syntax errors? But then we'd see those during upgrades, so practically none. [Original bug report] #1968154 removed `/etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal` in this patch: https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/commit/?id=f9d2d993687c0d5223c241956ef6a0aabcf15bf0 ...but `apt.postinst` still tries to run it: # create kernel autoremoval blacklist on update if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt 0.9.9.3; then /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal fi If I understand correctly, "$2" is the most-recently-configured- version, and if it's empty `dpkg --compare-versions lt` will evaluate to true. This fails when I'm building a focal (20.04) userspace from scratch: $ dpkg --configure -a [...] Setting up apt (2.0.8) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/apt.postinst: 65: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal: not found dpkg: error processing package apt (--configure): installed apt package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127 It works with apt 2.0.6. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1974456/+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
