[Bug 2091714] Re: packagekit noble update uninstallable on armhf, depends on libapt-pkg6.0t64 (>= 2.8.2) from proposed

Tue Dec 17 13:21:30 UTC 2024

# noble verification

## Reproducing the problem
ubuntu at n-armhf:~$ sudo apt dist-upgrade                                                                                                                                                        
Reading package lists... Done                                                                                                                                                                  
Building dependency tree... Done                                                                                                                                                               
Reading state information... Done                                                                                                                                                              
Calculating upgrade... Done                                                                                                                                                                    
The following packages have been kept back:                                                                                                                                                    
  packagekit packagekit-tools                                                                                                                                                                  
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.                                                                                                                                 
ubuntu at n-armhf:~$ sudo apt install packagekit                                                                                                                                                  
Reading package lists... Done                                                                                                                                                                  
Building dependency tree... Done                                                                                                                                                               
Reading state information... Done                                                                                                                                                              
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have                                                                                                                              
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable                                                                                                                             
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created                                                                                                                             
or been moved out of Incoming.                                                                                                                                                                 
The following information may help to resolve the situation:                                                                                                                                   

The following packages have unmet dependencies: 
 packagekit : Depends: libapt-pkg6.0t64 (>= 2.8.2) but 2.7.14build2 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

## Enabling proposed, and trying again
ubuntu at n-armhf:~$ sudo apt install packagekit -t noble-proposed
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 libpackagekit-glib2-18 packagekit-tools
The following packages will be upgraded:
  gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 libpackagekit-glib2-18 packagekit packagekit-tools
4 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 66 not upgraded.
Need to get 579 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
Get:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports noble-proposed/main armhf libpackagekit-glib2-18 armhf 1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1 [109 kB]
Get:2 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports noble-proposed/main armhf gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 armhf 1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1 [25.6 kB]
Get:3 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports noble-proposed/main armhf packagekit-tools armhf 1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1 [27.5 kB]
Get:4 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports noble-proposed/main armhf packagekit armhf 1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1 [417 kB]
Fetched 579 kB in 1s (746 kB/s)    
(Reading database ... 49464 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libpackagekit-glib2-18_1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking libpackagekit-glib2-18:armhf (1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1) over (1.2.8-2ubuntu1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0_1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 (1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1) over (1.2.8-2ubuntu1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../packagekit-tools_1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking packagekit-tools (1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1) over (1.2.8-2build3) ...
Preparing to unpack .../packagekit_1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking packagekit (1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1) over (1.2.8-2build3) ...
Setting up libpackagekit-glib2-18:armhf (1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 (1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up packagekit (1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up packagekit-tools (1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-4build2) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.14.10-4ubuntu4.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.39-0ubuntu8.3) ...
Scanning processes...                                                                          

No services need to be restarted.

No containers need to be restarted.

No user sessions are running outdated binaries.

No VM guests are running outdated hypervisor (qemu) binaries on this
host.

ubuntu at n-armhf:~$ apt-cache policy packagekit
packagekit:
  Installed: 1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1
  Candidate: 1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1
  Version table:
 *** 1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1 100
        100 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports noble-proposed/main armhf Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.2.8-2ubuntu1 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports noble-updates/main armhf Packages
     1.2.8-2build3 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports noble/main armhf Packages

And noble-excuses[1] is clean:
packagekit (1.2.8-2ubuntu1 to 1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1)
Migration status for packagekit (1.2.8-2ubuntu1 to 1.2.8-2ubuntu1.1): BLOCKED: Needs an approval (either due to a freeze, the source suite or a manual hint)
Issues preventing migration:
Not touching package due to block request by freeze (please contact ubuntu-release if update is needed)
Additional info:
3 days old

1. https://ubuntu-archive-team.ubuntu.com/proposed-migration/noble/update_excuses.html#packagekit

# Nobe verification succeeded

** Tags removed: verification-needed-noble
** Tags added: verification-done-noble

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Title:
  packagekit noble update uninstallable on armhf, depends on libapt-
  pkg6.0t64 (>= 2.8.2) from proposed

Status in packagekit package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in packagekit source package in Noble:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [ Impact ]

  The noble packagekit update[1] to fix LP: #2086773 picked up those
  dependencies on armhf due to t64 mangling changes in the C++ symbols,
  and is now uninstallable:

  ubuntu at n-armhf:~$ sudo apt install packagekit
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree... Done
  Reading state information... Done
  Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
  requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
  distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
  or been moved out of Incoming.
  The following information may help to resolve the situation:

  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
   packagekit : Depends: libapt-pkg6.0t64 (>= 2.8.2) but 2.7.14build2 is to be installed
  E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

  The planned fix is to remove apt 2.8.2 from noble-proposed (done),
  rebuild packagekit (this bug), and release that.

  1. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/1.2.8-2ubuntu1

  [ Test Plan ]

  On a noble armhf system, install packagekit from noble-proposed. It
  must not pull in other non-packagekit packages from noble-proposed.

  In addition to that, the noble excuses report[2] should be clean of
  errors and show no interdependencies preventing the release of
  packagekit.

  2. https://ubuntu-archive-team.ubuntu.com/proposed-migration/noble/update_excuses.html#packagekit

  [ Where problems could occur ]

  This is a no-change rebuild. Like all SRUs, it's always built with the
  proposed pocket enabled, but this time the newer apt 2.8.2 is not
  there, so that dependency will not be picked up. That being said, the
  risk is the same that an unintended dependency from noble-proposed
  will be picked up, but the test plan specifically checks for that.

  [ Other Info ]

  This is fixing a regression introduced by the release of
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/2086773 to updates, where even though it
  was noticed that the excuses page was flagging packagekit to be
  depending on apt from proposed, it was incorrectly deemed irrelevant
  by me (@ahasenack) at the time.

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