(appstreamcli:8218): GLib-CRITICAL error on exit of apt-get update

Bug #1786635 reported by David Kastrup
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This bug affects 2 people
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apt (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

# sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic InRelease [242 kB]
Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu cosmic InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-security InRelease
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-backports InRelease
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe Sources [9310 kB]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [470 kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main DEP-11 48x48 Icons [120 kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [243 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe amd64 Packages [8764 kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [3320 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe DEP-11 48x48 Icons [2464 kB]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [8480 kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [48.4 kB]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/multiverse DEP-11 64x64 Icons [221 kB]
Fetched 33.7 MB in 13s (2607 kB/s)

(appstreamcli:8218): GLib-CRITICAL **: 20:12:55.088: g_atomic_ref_count_dec: assertion 'g_atomic_int_get (arc) > 0' failed
Reading package lists... Done

The GLib-CRITICAL message sounds like there should be something done about it. It does not appear when everything is completely up to date (and consequently to "Fetched ..." message appears either).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: apt 1.7.0~alpha2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.17.0-6.7-lowlatency 4.17.9
Uname: Linux 4.17.0-6-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Aug 11 20:14:01 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-14 (2493 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111011)
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-07-30 (12 days ago)

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David Kastrup (dak) wrote :
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Paul White (paulw2u) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1785498, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may fi

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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