[Bug 2007311] Re: apt-check python script doesn't catch issues before outputting bad data

[Kodiak Firesmith]

This seems like the sort of oddity that Julian Klode might be interested
in.  Not sure about etiquette for bringing someone's attention to a bug
so I apologize Julian, if subscribing you wasn't the right move.

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Title:
  apt-check python script doesn't catch issues before outputting bad
  data

Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This type of error should be caught.

   /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check
  E: Unknown Error: '<class 'KeyError'>' ("The cache has no package named 'libxmlb2:amd64'")

  /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
  E: Unknown Error: '<class 'KeyError'>' ("The cache has no package named 'libxmlb2:amd64'")

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