Does not work with Ubuntu sources in deb822 format

[corrado venturini]

On my Mantic I have sources in new deb822 format.
Starting software-properties-gtk seems my server is Main server, but from /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources I see server from Italy and I software-properties-gtk seems unable to change.

corrado@corrado-n16-mm-0901:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources
Types: deb
URIs: http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
Suites: mantic mantic-updates mantic-backports
Components: main restricted universe multiverse
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg

Types: deb
URIs: http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
Suites: mantic-security
Components: main restricted universe multiverse
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg

corrado@corrado-n16-mm-0901:~$

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
Package: software-properties-gtk 0.99.39
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.3.0-7.7-generic 6.3.5
Uname: Linux 6.3.0-7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Sep 2 10:33:12 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-09-01 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur" - Daily amd64 (20230901)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: software-properties
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
https://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/2033949

[Nick Rosbrook (enr0n)]

The support for deb822 in software-properties is actively being developed.

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

According bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/2036288
should i copy my sources.list from an old installation and remove sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources in deb822 format? Thanks.

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

For 23.10, we will support deb822 sources for third party sources, especially PPAs, but due to complex interactions did not fully manage to create a decent experience for ubuntu.sources so far..

So in my local git branches:

The bits I got working correctly still ended up splitting paragraphs into multiple ones and not merging them back again, so if you enabled a component and disabled it again, you suddenly had two paragraphs.

There's missing bits still were it writes to sources.list if you edit ubuntu.sources, actually generates duplicate entries and then stops working.

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

Installing from Ubuntu 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur" - Daily amd64 (20231004) I see the sources.list in the old format and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources no longer exist, so I think this bug is to be changed to Invalid? or Fixed?

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

Well the bug remains nonetheless, just the importance gets lower

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

Setting the mantic tasks to Won't Fix as the changes to python-apt to enable deb822 ubuntu.sources were larger than anticipated.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package software-properties - 0.99.42

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software-properties (0.99.42) noble; urgency=medium

  * Support deb822 lists for Ubuntu sources (LP: #2033949)
  * Bump python3-apt dependency to 2.7.1~

 -- Julian Andres Klode <email address hidden> Tue, 05 Dec 2023 18:47:47 +0100

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

This did not fix the issue, but the issue is now being tracked at LP: #2053228