[Bug 1622958] Re: tasksel --task-packages <task> not working

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

I guess slightly better way to show packages in a given task is with
help of grep-dctrl, e.g.

$ apt show server^ 2>/dev/null | grep-dctrl -s Package '.'
Package: acl
Package: acpid
Package: perl
Package: apport
Package: python3-apport
Package: apport-symptoms
Package: policykit-1
Package: python3-systemd
Package: at
Package: gawk
Package: python3-debian
Package: lxd-client
Package: xz-utils
Package: cryptsetup
Package: bcache-tools
Package: libgpm2
Package: liblzo2-2
Package: byobu
Package: python3-newt
Package: tmux
Package: screen
Package: pastebinit
Package: run-one
Package: update-notifier-common
Package: vim
Package: patch
Package: dmsetup
Package: cryptsetup-bin
Package: xfsprogs
Package: lvm2
Package: cloud-guest-utils
Package: python3-six
Package: software-properties-common
Package: cloud-initramfs-copymods
Package: cloud-initramfs-dyn-netconf
Package: libnetfilter-conntrack3
Package: libmpfr4
Package: curl
Package: dmeventd
Package: libdevmapper-event1.02.1
Package: liblvm2cmd2.02
Package: mdadm
Package: dns-root-data
Package: dnsmasq-base
Package: git
Package: ethtool
Package: libperl5.22
Package: fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console
Package: libsigsegv2
Package: libpolkit-agent-1-0
Package: liberror-perl
Package: git-man
Package: grub-legacy-ec2
Package: ifenslave
Package: lxd
Package: libmspack0
Package: liblvm2app2.2
Package: libdumbnet1
Package: libevent-2.0-5
Package: liblxc1
Package: lxc-common
Package: uidmap
Package: lxcfs
Package: perl-modules-5.22
Package: libpolkit-backend-1-0
Package: libreadline5
Package: libutempter0
Package: squashfs-tools
Package: python3-software-properties
Package: ubuntu-cloudimage-keyring
Package: open-iscsi
Package: vlan
Package: open-vm-tools
Package: zerofree
Package: overlayroot
Package: rename
Package: unattended-upgrades
Package: python3-pkg-resources
Package: python3-problem-report
Package: python3-chardet
Package: python3-pycurl
Package: snapd
Package: ubuntu-core-launcher
Package: sosreport
Package: ubuntu-server
Package: vim-runtime

Note with grep-dctrl one can efficiently grep for any package stanzas
and filter/display only a subset of desired information.

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Title:
  tasksel --task-packages <task> not working

Status in Ubuntu on IBM z Systems:
  Incomplete
Status in tasksel package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Kernel: 
  Linux lnx 4.4.0-36-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 11 18:05:09 UTC 2016 s390x s390x s390x GNU/Linux

  Description/Reproduction:
  the command "tasksel --task-packages <task>" is not working

  root at lnx:/etc/apt# tasksel --task-packages server
  server^

  The command does not hang. It is the output.
  The 16.04.01 is the first release for s390x. There was no release before.

  tasksel --list-task works fine

  I can also invoke ncurses menu with tasksel.

  Attached you can find the sosreport.

  I expect to see (ppc Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS):

  root at srv01:~# tasksel --task-packages server
  libnl-3-200
  libgpm2
  software-properties-common
  at
  python3-newt
  python-configobj
  libreadline5
  python3-problem-report
  python3-apport
  python-pkg-resources
  python-serial
  python2.7
  libsigsegv2
  libpython2.7-minimal
  acpid
  python-apt
  byobu
  patch
  apport-symptoms
  vim-runtime
  wireless-tools
  python3-software-properties
  xz-utils
  libcurl3
  libgc1c2
  libpython2.7
  python-pam
  libpcsclite1
  gawk
  w3m
  python
  policykit-1
  libpython2.7-stdlib
  python2.7-minimal
  vim
  ...

  and I can see only:

  root at lnxut01:~# tasksel --task-packages server
  server^

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