[Bug 1503979] Re: ubuntu-support-status throws exeption No date tag found (regression)

[Anthony J Burton]

This does not appear to be fixed in either Trusty or Wily.

me at a-trusty-system:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS
Release:	14.04
Codename:	trusty

me at a-trusty-system:~$ apt-cache policy python-apt python3-apt update-manager-core
python-apt:
  Installed: 0.9.3.5ubuntu2
  Candidate: 0.9.3.5ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.3.5ubuntu2 0
        500 http://aptly.optoro.io/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.9.3.5 0
        500 http://aptly.optoro.io/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
python3-apt:
  Installed: 0.9.3.5ubuntu2
  Candidate: 0.9.3.5ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.3.5ubuntu2 0
        500 http://aptly.optoro.io/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.9.3.5 0
        500 http://aptly.optoro.io/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
update-manager-core:
  Installed: 1:0.196.14
  Candidate: 1:0.196.14
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.196.14 0
        500 http://aptly.optoro.io/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:0.196.11 0
        500 http://aptly.optoro.io/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

me at a-trusty-system:~$ ubuntu-support-status 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 133, in <module>
    pkg.name, support_tag)
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 49, in get_maintenance_status
    raise Exception("No date tag found")
Exception: No date tag found


## and on wily

me at a-wily-system:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 15.10
Release:	15.10
Codename:	wily

me at a-wily-system:~$ apt-cache policy python-apt python3-apt update-manager-core
python-apt:
  Installed: 1.0.1build1
  Candidate: 1.0.1build1
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.1build1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
python3-apt:
  Installed: 1.0.1build1
  Candidate: 1.0.1build1
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.1build1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
update-manager-core:
  Installed: 1:15.10.3
  Candidate: 1:15.10.3
  Version table:
 *** 1:15.10.3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

me at a-wily-system:~$ ubuntu-support-status 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 135, in <module>
    pkg.name, support_tag)
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 51, in get_maintenance_status
    raise Exception("No date tag found")
Exception: No date tag found

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Title:
  ubuntu-support-status throws exeption No date tag found (regression)

Status in python-apt package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in python-apt source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in python-apt source package in Wily:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Test Case
  ---------
  1) Run ubuntu-support-status and observe a crash
  2) Install python3-apt from the -proposed repository
  3) Run ubuntu-support-status and see your status

  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
  Release:	14.04
  update-manager-core:  1:0.196.14

  Since the last update  ubuntu-support-status throws

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 133, in <module>
      pkg.name, support_tag)
    File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 49, in get_maintenance_status
      raise Exception("No date tag found")
  Exception: No date tag found

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