[Bug 2091906] [NEW] linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic missing from Packages.gz in jammy-updates (observed in Podman container)

[Laurent Guillier]

Public bug reported:

While building a podman container image using "FROM ubuntu:22.04"

The build encountered an error very early at step "RUN apt-get update &&
apt-get -y upgrade && apt-get -y install  [...] pkg-config linux-
headers-$(uname -r)" with the following messages:

...
Fetched 35.5 MB in 3s (13.8 MB/s)
Reading package lists...
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Calculating upgrade...
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic'

This container image build has been running seamlessly for several weeks
before on different computers.

After investigating in the repository "archive.ubuntu.com", I realized that 'linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic' entry is not present in "/ubuntu/dists/jammy-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz", whereas other similar packages entries are present (eg 'linux-headers-6.8.0-49-generic' and even 'linux-headers-6.8.0-50-lowlatency').
I also checked successfully that the package related to the missing entry is indeed present in https://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-hwe-6.8/linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic_6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1_amd64.deb

apt version is 2.7.14 (amd64) inside the container.

This problem might be the root cause for the reported bug
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2091763, and for a
handful of other issues reported lastly on the internet.

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic missing from Packages.gz in jammy-
  updates (observed in Podman container)

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  While building a podman container image using "FROM ubuntu:22.04"

  The build encountered an error very early at step "RUN apt-get update
  && apt-get -y upgrade && apt-get -y install  [...] pkg-config linux-
  headers-$(uname -r)" with the following messages:

  ...
  Fetched 35.5 MB in 3s (13.8 MB/s)
  Reading package lists...
  Reading package lists...
  Building dependency tree...
  Reading state information...
  Calculating upgrade...
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Reading package lists...
  Building dependency tree...
  Reading state information...
  E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic
  E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic'
  E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic'

  This container image build has been running seamlessly for several
  weeks before on different computers.

  After investigating in the repository "archive.ubuntu.com", I realized that 'linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic' entry is not present in "/ubuntu/dists/jammy-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz", whereas other similar packages entries are present (eg 'linux-headers-6.8.0-49-generic' and even 'linux-headers-6.8.0-50-lowlatency').
  I also checked successfully that the package related to the missing entry is indeed present in https://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-hwe-6.8/linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic_6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1_amd64.deb

  apt version is 2.7.14 (amd64) inside the container.

  This problem might be the root cause for the reported bug
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2091763, and for
  a handful of other issues reported lastly on the internet.

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