Public bug reported: Stable release update justification:
[Impact] apt-ftparchive fails to produce .xz compressed files with sufficiently large data sets. This prevents migration of the Ubuntu archive to .xz. [Test Case] Grab trusty/main/amd64 with debmirror, construct a suitable file list, and ask apt-ftparchive to generate files for this with Packages::Compress set to include xz. We can easily test this on the Launchpad "dogfood" instance where we do QA of the archive publisher. [Regression Potential] Confined to lzma/xz compression, which I think is basically just apt-ftparchive, but we should make sure that other compression methods still work there. Original report follows: Imported from Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/751688: Package: apt-utils Version: 0.9.15.5 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, Tested with 1.0.4 and reinstalled working 0.9.15.5 Packages::Compress seems to not work anymore with xz compression. Only . (uncompressed), gzip and bzip2 seems to work, xz now return errors (see at the bottom). Same error with Sources::Compress Christian $ apt-ftparchive generate apt.conf dists/unstable/main/binary-amd64/:E: write, still have 32768 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 32768 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: Sub-process Compress child returned an error code (100) ** Affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: apt (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: apt (Debian) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #751688 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751688 ** Changed in: apt (Debian) Remote watch: None => Debian Bug tracker #751688 ** Description changed: Imported from Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/751688: - 5 + Package: apt-utils + Version: 0.9.15.5 + Severity: normal + + Dear Maintainer, + + Tested with 1.0.4 and reinstalled working 0.9.15.5 + + Packages::Compress seems to not work anymore with xz compression. + + Only . (uncompressed), gzip and bzip2 seems to work, xz now return errors + (see at the bottom). + + Same error with Sources::Compress + + Christian + + + $ apt-ftparchive generate apt.conf + dists/unstable/main/binary-amd64/:E: write, still have 32768 to write but + couldn't + E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) + E: write, still have 32768 to write but couldn't + E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) + E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't + E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) + E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't + E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) + E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't + E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) + E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't + E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) + E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't + E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) + E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't + E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) + E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't + E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) + E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't + E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) + E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't + E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) + E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't + E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) + E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't + E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) + E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't + E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) + + E: Sub-process Compress child returned an error code (100) ** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: apt (Ubuntu Precise) ** Description changed: + Stable release update justification: + + [Impact] apt-ftparchive fails to produce .xz compressed files with sufficiently large data sets. This prevents migration of the Ubuntu archive to .xz. + [Test Case] Grab trusty/main/amd64 with debmirror, construct a suitable file list, and ask apt-ftparchive to generate files for this with Packages::Compress set to include xz. We can easily test this on the Launchpad "dogfood" instance where we do QA of the archive publisher. + [Regression Potential] Confined to lzma/xz compression, which I think is basically just apt-ftparchive, but we should make sure that other compression methods still work there. + + Original report follows: + Imported from Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/751688: Package: apt-utils Version: 0.9.15.5 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, Tested with 1.0.4 and reinstalled working 0.9.15.5 Packages::Compress seems to not work anymore with xz compression. Only . (uncompressed), gzip and bzip2 seems to work, xz now return errors (see at the bottom). Same error with Sources::Compress Christian - $ apt-ftparchive generate apt.conf - dists/unstable/main/binary-amd64/:E: write, still have 32768 to write but + dists/unstable/main/binary-amd64/:E: write, still have 32768 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 32768 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: write, still have 4096 to write but couldn't E: IO to subprocess/file failed - write (0: Success) E: Sub-process Compress child returned an error code (100) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1553770 Title: apt-utils: xz support is gone. 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