Lintian

Cannot install common third-party debs due to "bad quality" error

Bug #1490169 reported by Christopher Kyle Horton
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Lintian
New
Undecided
Unassigned
aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Sebastien Bacher
software-center (Ubuntu)
Invalid
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

When I try to install the official deb packages for Google Chrome or Atom, I get an error in the Software Center saying the package is of bad quality and should not be installed. For example, the details given for Atom read:

"Lintian check results for /home/christopher/Downloads/atom-amd64.deb:
Unknown tag "binary-file-compressed-with-upx" in profile "ubuntu/aptdaemon" at /usr/bin/lintian line 1661."

It complains about binary-file-compressed-with-upx in the details for the Chrome package, too.

Packages known to be affected:
* Google Chrome
* Atom
* Skype
* audio-recorder

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: software-center 13.10-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.1.0-3.3-generic 4.1.3
Uname: Linux 4.1.0-3-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Aug 29 13:13:44 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-29 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150828)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

See original description

Related branches

lp://staging/~seb128/aptdaemon/lintian-upx-deprecated
Aptdaemon Developers: Pending requested
Diff: 14 lines (+1/-2)
1 file modified
data/lintian/ubuntu/aptdaemon.profile (+1/-2)
lp://staging/ubuntu/wily-proposed/aptdaemon
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Christopher Kyle Horton (christhehorton) wrote :
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moma (osmoma) wrote :

I do get the same warning that the "PACKAGE IS OF BAD QUALITY".
It asks me to report this cryptical message to the developers.

"""Lintian check results for /home/moma/Downloads/audio-recorder_1.7-1-wily_amd64.deb:
Unknown tag "binary-file-compressed-with-upx" in profile "ubuntu/aptdaemon" at /usr/bin/lintian line 1661."""

I am trying to install
https://launchpad.net/~audio-recorder/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

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moma (osmoma) wrote :

Additional info.

My system is Ubuntu 15.10 beta.

$ lsb_release -a
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu Wily Werewolf (development branch)
Release: 15.10
Codename: wily

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Christopher Kyle Horton (christhehorton) wrote :

I just hit this problem again now when trying to install Skype. This is a widespread issue. Someone on Google+ suggested this is due to a policy change in lintian... should this bug be directed at that instead?

summary: - Cannot install Google Chrome or Atom debs due to "bad quality" error
+ Cannot install common third-party debs due to "bad quality" error
description: updated
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Jonni (jonni-egarden) wrote :

Same issue when trying to install Steam on 15.10
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steam.deb

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Jonni (jonni-egarden) wrote :

Also the plugin needed for attending Google hangouts is affected:
https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-talkplugin_current_amd64.deb

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in aptdaemon (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks, that's an aptdaemon issue trigger by lintian change, I just uploaded a bugfix update

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package aptdaemon - 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu12

---------------
aptdaemon (1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu12) wily; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/fix-observed-linitian-error.diff: drop Ubuntu patch that
    was added this cycle, it's not needed with the recent lintian change

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Thu, 01 Oct 2015 12:22:11 +0200

Changed in aptdaemon (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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