This bug was fixed in the package apt - 1.2.29 --------------- apt (1.2.29) xenial; urgency=medium
* Set DPKG_FRONTEND_LOCKED when running {pre,post}-invoke scripts. Some post-invoke scripts install packages, which fails because the environment variable is not set. This sets the variable for all three kinds of scripts {pre,post-}invoke and pre-install-pkgs, but we will only allow post-invoke at a later time. (LP: #1796808) apt (1.2.28) xenial; urgency=medium [ Julian Andres Klode ] * apt.conf.autoremove: Add linux-cloud-tools to list (LP: #1698159) * Add support for dpkg frontend lock (Closes: #869546) (LP: #1781169) * Set DPKG_FRONTEND_LOCKED as needed when doing selection changes * http: Stop pipeline after close only if it was not filled before (LP: #1794957) * pkgCacheFile: Only unlock in destructor if locked before (LP: #1794053) * Update libapt-pkg5.0 symbols for frontend locking [ David Kalnischkies ] * Support records larger than 32kb in 'apt show' (Closes: #905527) (LP: #1787120) -- Julian Andres Klode <juli...@ubuntu.com> Tue, 09 Oct 2018 12:35:03 +0200 ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- 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/1787120 Title: apt show fails to show large records Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in apt source package in Xenial: Fix Released Status in apt source package in Bionic: Fix Released Status in apt package in Debian: Confirmed Bug description: [Impact] apt show can't show records that are larger than 32 KB, e.g. records with long lists of provides [Test case] A test case is provided in autopkgtest, hence validates automatically. See https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/409ceec9ed30cbebd8ece1ef7ce667ab5a32f9df for details. [Other info] This is a duplicate of Debian bug #905527. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1787120/+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