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apt-listchanges package

apt-listchanges doesn't work on Ubuntu 19.04

Bug #1832687 reported by anatoly techtonik
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apt-listchanges (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I've got apt-listchanges installed with the following config:

$ cat /etc/apt/listchanges.conf
[apt]
frontend=pager
which=news
email_address=root
email_format=text
confirm=1
headers=false
reverse=false
save_seen=/var/lib/apt/listchanges.db

But running `sudo apt-get upgrade` doesn't show any changelogs, the prompt contains the standard message:

83 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 296 MB of archives.
After this operation, 4.403 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://by.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-updates/universe amd64 systemd-journal-remote amd64 240-6ubuntu5.1 [60,2 kB]
Get:2 http://by.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-updates/main amd64 libsystemd0 amd64 240-6ubuntu5.1 [244 kB]

After which the installation starts immediately.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: apt-listchanges 3.17ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-16.17-generic 5.0.8
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: i3
Date: Thu Jun 13 10:49:08 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-01 (223 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apt-listchanges
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-05-01 (42 days ago)

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anatoly techtonik (techtonik) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in apt-listchanges (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Mikko Rantalainen (mira) wrote :

Maybe try changing `which=news` to `which=both` in the configuration file?

I'm running 18.04 LTS and I also have following additional line in /etc/apt/listchanges.conf:

  no_network=false

I also use frontend=text but that's just a personal preference.

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