Hello Rik, or anyone else affected, Accepted packagekit into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.3 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 on 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-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping! N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days. ** Changed in: packagekit (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to packagekit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1790613 Title: Regression: packagekit crashes updating itself to a new version Status in packagekit package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in plasma-discover package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in packagekit source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Status in plasma-discover source package in Bionic: Confirmed Bug description: [Impact] Bionic: 18.04 Version: 1.1.9-1ubuntu2 upgrading itself to 1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.1 Updating with pkcon upgrade or plasma-discover crashes packagekit mid transaction, requiring user intervention on the command line. In plasma-discover the gui reports the crash briefly, but then stalls in apparent mid update, requiring the user to force close it and again resolve the issue on the command line. Example transactions: $ pkcon update Getting updates [=========================] Finished [=========================] Loading cache [=========================] Testing changes [=========================] Finished [ ] (0%) The following packages have to be updated: gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0-1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.1.amd64 GObject introspection data for the PackageKit GLib library libpackagekit-glib2-18-1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.1.amd64 Library for accessing PackageKit using GLib packagekit-1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.1.amd64 Provides a package management service packagekit-tools-1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.1.amd64 Provides PackageKit command-line tools Proceed with changes? [N/y] y [=========================] Updating packages [=========================] Waiting for authentication [=========================] Loading cache [=========================] Running [=========================] Installing packages [==================== ] (80%) The daemon crashed mid-transaction! $ sudo apt-get upgrade E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. and obviously after that doing anything meaningful with packagekit like installing a package fails $pkcon install kaffeine Resolving [=========================] Testing changes [=========================] Finished [ ] (0%) The following packages have to be installed: kaffeine-2.0.14-1.amd64 versatile media player for KDE Proceed with changes? [N/y] y [=========================] Installing [=========================] Waiting for authentication [=========================] Waiting for package manager lock[=========================] Finished [=========================] Fatal error: E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. [Test case] Upgrade packagekit using pkcon, make sure it does not "crash". [Regression potential] It could only lead to old packagekitd processes not restarting. packagekit will still be told to restart itself like before, the restart being added was unintended. --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-26 (69 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) Package: packagekit 1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-33.36-generic 4.15.18 Tags: bionic Uname: Linux 4.15.0-33-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/1790613/+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
