[hardy] software-properties-gtk doesn't recognize (nor know about) ports.ubuntu.com

[Herbert V. Riedel]

1.) When running software-properties-gtk on powerpc, it configures /etc/apt/source.list with archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu and security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu, even although those don't carry the powerpc arch anymore; leaving the system update-wise in a dead-end, thus also causing the casual non-geek user to miss criticial security updates for hardy :-/

2.) when calling software-properties-gtk after having configured /etc/apt/source.list manually for ports.ubuntu.com/, software-properties-gtk lists the ports.ubunt.com entries as 'third party software' sources

TEST CASE (without powerpc):
1. use stock hardy install
2. open System/Administraton/Software sources
3. verify that the main page has at least main, restricted ticked
4. click on "Download from" combobox and select "other"
5. verify that a lot of different servers are available

6. install python-apt from hardy-proposed
7. repeat steps 1-5 and verify that they give the same results

TEST CASE (with powerpc):
1. use stock ppc hardy install
2. open System/Administraton/Software sources
3. verify that the main page has nothing ticked

4. install package from hardy-proposed
5. repeat step 2
6. verify that at least main and restricted are ticked
7. go to page "updates" and verify that "security updates" is ticked

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

I uploaded a test fix for python-apt into my PPA at:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mvo/ubuntu hardy main

testing would be appreciated. It does not support deb-src lines yet because ports.ubuntu.com does not carry source code currently. I filed a RT ticket against the archive about this, I hope it will be added, this way the changes to the source can remain small.

Please give the upated python-apt some testing and let me know how it works for you (preferable woth powerpc and i386).

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

I uploaded a better fix to intrepid now, testing/feedback is welcome.

I also uploaded a new version (0.7.4ubuntu8~ppa3) into my PPA at:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mvo/ubuntu hardy main

Feedback is welcome as I do not have a powerpc.

[Herbert V. Riedel (hvr)]

On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 10:35 +0000, Michael Vogt wrote:
> I uploaded a better fix to intrepid now, testing/feedback is welcome.

> I also uploaded a new version (0.7.4ubuntu8~ppa3) into my PPA at:
> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mvo/ubuntu hardy main

> Feedback is welcome as I do not have a powerpc.

well, alas ppa doesn't build powerpc packages (anymore) :-(

and right now I'm a bit reluctant if more is involved than just "dpkg
-i ..." C:-)

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Michael, are you confident enough in this fix that it should be uploaded to hardy-proposed? That would unblock us from the problem of not being able to test powerpc packages via PPA at present.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

I uploaded the fix to hardy-proposed now, please test (both for the fix and for possible regressions) and give me feedback.

Thanks,
 Michael

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

This is fixed in intrepid now with the latest python-apt upload.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

although uploaded to hardy-proposed, at this point I intend to leave this in the unapproved queue until after 8.04.1 CDs are sorted out to not reset our counter for CD testing and validation.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Accepted into -proposed, please test and give feedback here. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

It looks like #244093 is a side effect of this "fix". So this is not safe for -updates yet.

[Michael Casadevall (mcasadevall)]

I'm a Ubuntu PowerPC user who was recruited into checking to make sure this works as excepted. It doesn't.

Now archive.ubuntu.com is seen as a third-party software (the boxs are getting checks), and ports are added to the sources list which still doesn't work right ;-).

Here's the default sources.lists from my install, its good for reference.

I'm subscribed to the bug, I'll test any new fixes once they are uploaded to hardy-proposed.

#
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release powerpc (20080703)]/ hardy main restricted

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release powerpc (20080703)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ hardy main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ hardy universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy universe
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ hardy-updates universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ hardy multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy multiverse
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ hardy-updates multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner

deb http://po...

[Michael Casadevall (mcasadevall)]

As an added bonus, screenshot attached.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Michael Casadevall, thank you for testing! Michael Vogt, can you please have another look here?

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

I assume the same is true for Intrepid?

[Michael Casadevall (mcasadevall)]

I didn't test intrepid, but if its the same patch that is applied now, then I'd say yes.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

I fixed this in bzr now, as far as I can tell from my testing the remaining issue is that source code is not recognized - the binary deb lines should be all good now. I'm going to upload another SRU for this today and ask that the current version to be put into -updates. While it does not fix all the issues, it fixes some and does not cause a regression.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python-apt - 0.7.8~ubuntu2

---------------
python-apt (0.7.8~ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * data/templates/Ubuntu.info.in:
    - updated to fix ports.ubuntu.com for powerpc and lpia
      (LP: #220890)
  * aptsources/distro.py:
    - add parameter to get_distro() to make unit testing easier
  * tests/test_aptsources_ports.py:
    - add test for arch specific handling (when sub arch is on
      a different mirror than "main" arches)

  [ Julian Andres Klode ]
  * python/acquire.cc (GetPkgAcqFile): Support DestDir and DestFilename.

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:35:03 +0100

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Previous python-apt SRU copied to hardy-updates, so the way is free for another SRU.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Accepted into hardy-proposed, please test and give feedback here. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

I've done the verification for Hardy with the test case without a power pc, everything works as expected, the results are the same, Thanks.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Since this bugfix is specifically about ports architectures, it would be preferred if someone could verify that the package in hardy-proposed actually addresses the problem on powerpc prior to publishing as SRU for hardy, so that we aren't deploying no-op SRUs.

[Luke Yelavich (themuso)]

The SRU is verified on hardy powerpc.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python-apt - 0.7.4ubuntu7.4

---------------
python-apt (0.7.4ubuntu7.4) hardy-proposed; urgency=low

  * data/templates/Ubuntu.info.in:
    - fix match uri to work for deb-src entries that point
      to archive.ubuntu.com too (LP: #220890)

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:42:04 +0100

[Emmet Hikory (persia)]

I'm marking this Won't Fix for Intrepid. The same patch that was used for hardy & jaunty was prepared for intrepid as 0.7.7.1ubuntu4.1, but never deployed. A fresh SRU is required more generally as part of bug #531876 (this isn't powerpc specific), which would render this intrepid fix obsolete.