This bug was fixed in the package python-apt - 1.9.5 --------------- python-apt (1.9.5) experimental; urgency=medium
[ Marc Deslauriers ] * SECURITY REGRESSION: crash with ubuntu-release-upgrader (LP: #1860606) - apt/cache.py: make allow_unauthenticated argument to fetch_archives() optional. [ Julian Andres Klode ] * Really bump aptdaemon break (to 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu31) -- Julian Andres Klode <j...@debian.org> Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:55:46 +0100 ** Changed in: python-apt (Ubuntu Focal) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to python-apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1860606 Title: TypeError: _fetch_archives() missing 1 required positional argument: 'allow_unauthenticated' Status in python-apt package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in python-apt source package in Xenial: Fix Released Status in python-apt source package in Bionic: Fix Released Status in python-apt source package in Disco: Fix Released Status in python-apt source package in Eoan: Fix Released Status in python-apt source package in Focal: Fix Released Bug description: I was upgrading my workstation from 19.04 to 19.10 and following that to 20.04. In each case I used do-release-upgrade (without and with -d respectively). The 20.04 upgrade failed as the tool crashed on invalid function signature: Original exception was: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-f_816ncr/focal", line 8, in <module> sys.exit(main()) File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-f_816ncr/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 238, in main if app.run(): File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-f_816ncr/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 2082, in run return self.fullUpgrade() File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-f_816ncr/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1998, in fullUpgrade if not self.doDistUpgradeFetching(): File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-f_816ncr/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1233, in doDistUpgradeFetching self.cache._fetch_archives(self.fetcher, pm) TypeError: _fetch_archives() missing 1 required positional argument: 'allow_unauthenticated' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-apt/+bug/1860606/+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