Hello Christopher, or anyone else affected, Accepted apt into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1538438 Title: apt-helper crashed with SIGABRT in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in apt source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Bug description: Test Case ---------- Given that there are thousands of these crashes in the Error Tracker, just make sure the new version doesn't appear there. Errors Bucket ------------- https://errors.ubuntu.com/bucket/?id=/usr/lib/apt/apt-helper%3A6%3A__gnu_cxx%3A%3A__verbose_terminate_handler%3A__cxxabiv1%3A%3A__terminate%3Astd%3A%3Aterminate%3A__cxxabiv1%3A%3A__cxa_throw%3Astd%3A%3A__throw_out_of_range_fmt Original Description -------------------- After installing flashplugin-installer I get a prompt noting: [START] Failure to download extra data files The following packages requested additional data downloads after package installation, but the data could not be downloaded or could not be processed. flashplugin-installer The download will be attempted again later, or you can try the download again now. Running this command requires an active Internet connection. [END] Clicking the button Run this action now causes this crash consistently. Unfortunately, this has the negative outcome of disallowing folks who use Firefox from being able to update, or install Flash. There are a fair number of these events logged in errors.ubuntu.com. ProblemType: CrashDistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: apt 1.1.10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-7.18-generic 4.3.3 Uname: Linux 4.3.0-7-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jan 27 01:36:34 2016 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-25 (276 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper download-file http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20151228.1.orig.tar.gz /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/adobe-flashplugin_20151228.1.orig.tar.gz SHA256:d322547d4542eeed2f57469cc0d3c10e9a55af6632c05be9fe8b6c6a0dbcffdb ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user)Signal: 6SourcePackage: apt StacktraceTop: __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 std::terminate() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 __cxa_throw () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 std::__throw_out_of_range_fmt(char const*, ...) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 Title: apt-helper crashed with SIGABRT in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-01-27 (0 days ago) UserGroups: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1538438/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
