apport hook gzips apt-clone_system_state two times

[Brian Murray]

The apport hook for update-manager in oneiric gzips the attachment apt-clone_system_state two times so when you are working with those attachments you end up having to do the following:

gunzip VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstatetargz.gz.
mv VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstatetargz VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz
tar xfvz VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz

and that depends on you knowing that the log file is gzipped two times.

Test Case:
1) execute 'APPORT_LAUNCHPAD_INSTANCE=staging.launchpad.net ubuntu-bug update-manager'
2) say yes to the distribution upgrade question
3) report the bug in launchpad
4) download the apt-clone attachment
5) gunzip it
6) using file determine that it is still a gzip file

7) install the proposed version of update-manager
8) repeat steps 1-5
9) observe that file says the file is a tar file now

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

This has already been fixed in precise:

update-manager (1:0.156.2) precise; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * DistUpgrade/removal_blacklist.cfg:
    - add unity, unity-2d

  [ Brian Murray ]
  * debian/source_update-manager.py: use attach_file for dist-upgrade log
    files rather than attach_root_command_outputs resolving the double gzipped
    apt clone attachment issue

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Hello Brian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted into oneiric-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

Tested on Oneiric; confirm fixed. Tagging verification-done

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:0.152.25.9

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update-manager (1:0.152.25.9) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * In the apport package hook continue if unable to import gconf data
    (LP: #880704)
  * In the apport package hook do not gzip the apt-clone attachment two times
    (LP: #973747)
  * check-new-release-gtk:
    - ensure to write a integer when calculating the next time that
      the release available window will be presented (LP: #873424)
    - hide redundant release-notes button (LP: #873432)
  * check-new-release-gtk:
    - write the time to check the new release to the update-notifier schema
      not the update-manager one (LP: #873424)
 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:04:28 -0700