PPA generates an endlessly upgrading package

Ok, the "endlessly upgrading" behavior is confirmed. It seems to be something similar to what happen in bug #128744 when we have a small inconsistency in the archive indexes. I will investigate the cause of the problem and come back to you anytime tomorrow.

Just for kicks, I took a peek at this one.

The Packages file in the ppa says:
Maintainer: Brian Sutherland <email address hidden>

In the .deb, it says:
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Brian Sutherland <email address hidden>

I'm pretty sure apt will interpret this as though it's different packages, and hence will keep reinstalling it.

I also note that there are some odd python-version fields at the bottom of some of the records.

Er, sorry, I was looking at the non-PPA version.

On Nov 27, 2007 2:07 AM, Soren Hansen <email address hidden> wrote:
> Just for kicks, I took a peek at this one.
>
> The Packages file in the ppa says:
> Maintainer: Brian Sutherland <email address hidden>
>
> In the .deb, it says:
> Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
> Original-Maintainer: Brian Sutherland <email address hidden>
>
> I'm pretty sure apt will interpret this as though it's different
> packages, and hence will keep reinstalling it.

But all packages are being mangled, I don't really see why it would
effect this package differently than other PPA packages. If that were
really the problem I would expect a lot more complaints.

-Jordan

On Nov 27, 2007 3:23 PM, Jordan Mantha <email address hidden> wrote:
> On Nov 27, 2007 2:07 AM, Soren Hansen <email address hidden> wrote:
> > Just for kicks, I took a peek at this one.
> >
> > The Packages file in the ppa says:
> > Maintainer: Brian Sutherland <email address hidden>
> >
> > In the .deb, it says:
> > Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
> > Original-Maintainer: Brian Sutherland <email address hidden>
> >
> > I'm pretty sure apt will interpret this as though it's different
> > packages, and hence will keep reinstalling it.
>
> But all packages are being mangled, I don't really see why it would
> effect this package differently than other PPA packages. If that were
> really the problem I would expect a lot more complaints.

Exactly, the Maintainer field is not the culprit in this case.

The problem with zope3 binary package is that it uses 'Pre-depends'
control field and LP omits it in the indexes stanza. Apt assumes the
package changed and tries to re-install it. So, it's really a bug in
LP code.

See further information about missing control fields in bug 172308.

Thanks
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Celso Providelo <email address hidden>

Both the ipod convenience sync and mythbuntu weekly builds are consequently affected by this since they also use Pre-Depends.

looks like a dupe of https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/soyuz/+bug/172275

If this is a dupe of a bug marked as fixed, why is it still a bug on my gutsy system? I am having this issue with ipod-convenience package.

Although these both have the same problems, I'm not sure they are
duplicates? As far as I understand, the issue for vmware-server was because
of the section it was in.

The issue for these packages arises because of the use of pre-depends.

Celso can you verify this?

On Dec 12, 2007 10:55 AM, Matt Zimmerman <email address hidden> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 172275 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172275
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 172275
> vmware-server in feisty-commercial keeps getting reinstalled
>
> --
> PPA generates an endlessly upgrading package
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/165230
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

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Mario Limonciello
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Mario,

You are right, this is not a duplication of bug 172275, despite of being related with the same issue (some controls fields are missing from the archive index), the partner-archive could be fixed easily, switching index generation to use apt-ftparchive, we can't do that for PPAs.

A proper fix is coming soon, but meanwhile, avoid the fields mentioned in bug 172308 if you can.

For reference (since bug 172308 is now private, for some reason), here is the list of fields that are omitted from NMAF Sources/Packages files, stolen from cprov's launchpad-users post:

 * Source::Build-Conflicts
 * Source::Build-Conflicts-Indep
 * Binary::Pre-depends
 * Binary::Recommends
 * Binary::Enhances
 * Binary::Breaks
 * Binary::Essential

experiencing with the kvm package in my ppa[1]

[1] details: http://andrearatto.homeunix.org/index.php/ubuntu-ppa-repo/

RF 5451

Remember that the fix requires new uploads of the affected sources so we can correctly store and extract the missing DSC fields.

ipod-convenience sync is fixed with todays upload (on the new launchpad ppa build)

fixed in mythbuntu builds.