apt_cache: ignore unreadable files in /etc/apt
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Current evaluation
Merged #379 (commit 407d46eb), making AptCache skip unreadable files under /etc/apt; the fix shipped in craft-parts 1.19.0 and closed #378.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #379 was merged with approval and implemented the fix in commit 407d46eb. The changelog for version 1.19.0 confirms the AptCache behavior change.
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Fixes #378
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged #379 (commit 407d46eb), making AptCache skip unreadable files under /etc/apt; the fix shipped in craft-parts 1.19.0 and closed #378. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged craft-parts#379 made apt_cache ignore unreadable files in /etc/apt, fixing #378 (commit 407d46eb). | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged after resolving issue #378. The apt_cache module now ignores unreadable files in /etc/apt. Approved by one reviewer, passed CI checks, and modified two files with 35 additions and 2 deletions. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged. Resolves #378 by updating apt_cache to skip unreadable files in /etc/apt. Implemented by maintainer lengau. |
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Related To:
canonical/craft-parts#378
(confidence 100%)
The unreadable /etc/apt file failure explicitly fixed by PR #379.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #378 AptCache stage cache fails if the current user can't read a file in /etc/apt | craft-parts | closed | Fixed in canonical/craft-parts#379 (407d46eb): AptCache now ignores unreadable /etc/apt files, preventing restricted auth.conf.d entries from breaking stage caching. | |
| #3528 apt cache: improve error handling when packages do not have candidates available (CRAFT-136) (CRAFT-218) | snapcraft | merged | Merged #3528, adding missing APT candidate checks and limiting unmarking to relevant packages, preventing crashes when repositories expose no candidate. |