Could you elaborate what individual items to inspect? The built-in ansible modules use `apt`, which is how I came across this issue.
On Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 3:25 AM Julian Andres Klode < 2047...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > You'll have to investigate the individual items to see why it failed. > It's generally not advisable to use the "apt" module as it is badly > abstracted, use "apt_pkg" instead. > > ** Changed in: python-apt (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Invalid > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2047453 > > Title: > Error message missing compared to `apt-get update` > > Status in python-apt package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > Assuming there is no package server running on `localhost`: > > ``` > $ echo 'deb [trusted=yes] http://localhost:8000/ bogus-test-repo main' > | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/placeholder-test-repo.list > ``` > > and then > > ``` > $ python -c "import apt; c = apt.Cache(); c.update()" > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<string>", line 1, in <module> > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 575, in update > raise FetchFailedException() > apt.cache.FetchFailedException > ``` > > and compare with > > ``` > $ sudo apt-get update > Ign:1 http://localhost:8000 bogus-test-repo InRelease > Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease > > Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease > > Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease > > Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease > Ign:1 http://localhost:8000 bogus-test-repo InRelease > Ign:1 http://localhost:8000 bogus-test-repo InRelease > Err:1 http://localhost:8000 bogus-test-repo InRelease > Could not connect to localhost:8000 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111: > Connection refused) > Reading package lists... Done > W: Failed to fetch http://localhost:8000/dists/bogus-test-repo/InRelease > Could not connect to localhost:8000 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111: Connection > refused) > W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old > ones used instead. > ``` > > I expected the Python `apt` interface to produce a similar or > identical error message. > > > ``` > # lsb_release -rd > Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS > Release: 22.04 > > # apt-cache policy python3-apt > python3-apt: > Installed: 2.4.0ubuntu2 > Candidate: 2.4.0ubuntu2 > Version table: > *** 2.4.0ubuntu2 500 > 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 > Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > 2.3.0ubuntu2 500 > 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages > ``` > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-apt/+bug/2047453/+subscriptions > > -- 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/2047453 Title: Error message missing compared to `apt-get update` Status in python-apt package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Assuming there is no package server running on `localhost`: ``` $ echo 'deb [trusted=yes] http://localhost:8000/ bogus-test-repo main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/placeholder-test-repo.list ``` and then ``` $ python -c "import apt; c = apt.Cache(); c.update()" Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 575, in update raise FetchFailedException() apt.cache.FetchFailedException ``` and compare with ``` $ sudo apt-get update Ign:1 http://localhost:8000 bogus-test-repo InRelease Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease Ign:1 http://localhost:8000 bogus-test-repo InRelease Ign:1 http://localhost:8000 bogus-test-repo InRelease Err:1 http://localhost:8000 bogus-test-repo InRelease Could not connect to localhost:8000 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111: Connection refused) Reading package lists... Done W: Failed to fetch http://localhost:8000/dists/bogus-test-repo/InRelease Could not connect to localhost:8000 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111: Connection refused) W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. ``` I expected the Python `apt` interface to produce a similar or identical error message. ``` # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Release: 22.04 # apt-cache policy python3-apt python3-apt: Installed: 2.4.0ubuntu2 Candidate: 2.4.0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 2.4.0ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.3.0ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages ``` To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-apt/+bug/2047453/+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
