[Bug 973747] Re: apport hook gzips apt-clone_system_state two times

[Steve Langasek]

Hello Brian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted into oneiric-proposed. The package will build now and be
available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu Oneiric)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

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Title:
  apport hook gzips apt-clone_system_state two times

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “update-manager” source package in Oneiric:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  The apport hook for update-manager in oneiric gzips the attachment
  apt-clone_system_state two times so when you are working with those
  attachments you end up having to do the following:

  gunzip VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstatetargz.gz.
  mv VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstatetargz VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz
  tar xfvz VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz

  and that depends on you knowing that the log file is gzipped two
  times.

  Test Case:
  1) execute 'APPORT_LAUNCHPAD_INSTANCE=staging.launchpad.net ubuntu-bug update-manager'
  2) say yes to the distribution upgrade question
  3) report the bug in launchpad
  4) download the apt-clone attachment
  5) gunzip it
  6) using file determine that it is still a gzip file

  7) install the proposed version of update-manager
  8) repeat steps 1-5
  9) observe that file says the file is a tar file now

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