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python-coverage package

install does not support symbolic permission notation

Bug #2133214 reported by Dominik Viererbe
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node-trust-json-document (Ubuntu)
Status tracked in Resolute
Resolute
Fix Released
Undecided
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python-coverage (Ubuntu)
Status tracked in Resolute
Resolute
Fix Released
Undecided
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rust-coreutils (Ubuntu)
Status tracked in Resolute
Resolute
Fix Committed
Medium
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Bug Description

Building python-coverage fails when using install when it uses the symbolic permission notation:

+ install --mode=u=rw,go=r "debian/python-coverage.1" "doc/python-coverage.1"
Invalid mode string: invalid operator (expected +, -, or =, but found ,)

See build logs: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-coverage/7.8.2+dfsg1-1build1

This notation builds on debian unstable and ubuntu plucky. It seems to me that the rust version of install introduced this regression.

Related branches

~vmpyr/ubuntu/+source/python-coverage:ubuntu/devel
Sudip Mukherjee (community): Approve
git-ubuntu import: Pending requested
Diff: 58 lines (+13/-6)
3 files modified
debian/changelog (+6/-0)
debian/control (+2/-1)
debian/rules (+5/-5)
Ujjwal Sarswat (vmpyr)
tags: added: update-excuse
Julian Andres Klode (juliank)
Changed in rust-coreutils (Ubuntu Resolute):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package python-coverage - 7.8.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1

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python-coverage (7.8.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1) resolute; urgency=medium

  * d/rules: fix: change modes to octal values (LP: #2133214)

 -- Ujjwal Sarswat <email address hidden> Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:27:40 +0530

Changed in python-coverage (Ubuntu Resolute):
status: New → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package node-trust-json-document - 0.1.4~dfsg-12ubuntu1

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node-trust-json-document (0.1.4~dfsg-12ubuntu1) resolute; urgency=medium

  * d/rules: fix: change modes to octal values (LP: #2133214)

 -- Gianfranco Costamagna <email address hidden> Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:31:11 +0100

Changed in node-trust-json-document (Ubuntu Resolute):
status: New → Fix Released
Julian Andres Klode (juliank)
Changed in rust-coreutils (Ubuntu Resolute):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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