[Bug 1787120] Re: apt show fails to show large records

[Julian Andres Klode]

The included autopkgtest has successfully passed for both 1.6.6/bionic
and 1.2.29/xenial

** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-xenial
** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-bionic verification-done-xenial

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Title:
  apt show fails to show large records

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in apt source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed
Status in apt source package in Bionic:
  Fix Committed
Status in apt package in Debian:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  apt show can't show records that are larger than 32 KB, e.g. records with long lists of provides

  [Test case]
  A test case is provided in autopkgtest, hence validates automatically. See https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/409ceec9ed30cbebd8ece1ef7ce667ab5a32f9df for details.

  [Other info]
  This is a duplicate of Debian bug #905527.

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