Bug#1058924: gnome-software: does not list or find any apt package

[Rémi Letot]

Matthias Klumpp <matthias at tenstral.net> writes:

> Hi!
>
> Very odd issue... If you run `apt update` in a terminal, do you see
> any "Components" YAML files being downloaded?

nope:

hobbes at sphax:~$ LANG=C sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian sid InRelease
Hit:2 https://files.eid.belgium.be/debian bullseye InRelease                                                                                                                        
Hit:3 https://packages.microsoft.com/debian/11/prod bullseye InRelease                                                                    
Hit:4 https://packages.element.io/debian default InRelease                                                                                
Hit:5 https://deb.tuxedocomputers.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease                                 
Get:6 https://repo.waydro.id sid InRelease [1307 B]                                          
Fetched 1307 B in 1s (878 B/s)     
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
5 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

> What is in /var/lib/swcatalog/?

hobbes at sphax:~$ LANG=C sudo ls -l /var/lib/swcatalog/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Dec 18 16:27 icons
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 18 16:27 yaml

I have lots of things in icons, but in yaml the links date back to february:

hobbes at sphax:~$ LANG=C sudo ls -l /var/lib/swcatalog/yaml/
total 20
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 88 Feb 17  2023 deb.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_contrib_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz -> /var/lib/apt/lists/deb.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_contrib_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 85 Feb 17  2023 deb.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz -> /var/lib/apt/lists/deb.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 98 Feb 17  2023 deb.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free-firmware_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz -> /var/lib/apt/lists/deb.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free-firmware_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 89 Feb 17  2023 deb.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz -> /var/lib/apt/lists/deb.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 96 Apr 28  2023 deb.tuxedocomputers.com_ubuntu_dists_jammy_main_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz -> /var/lib/apt/lists/deb.tuxedocomputers.com_ubuntu_dists_jammy_main_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz

But the actual files are from today or recent:

hobbes at sphax:~$ LANG=C sudo ls -l /var/lib/apt/lists/deb.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_{main,contrib,non-free,non-free-firmware}_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz /var/lib/apt/lists/deb.tuxedocomputers.com_ubuntu_dists_jammy_main_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz 
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   22212 Dec 16 03:27 /var/lib/apt/lists/deb.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_contrib_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7119627 Dec 18 09:14 /var/lib/apt/lists/deb.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   27114 Dec  4 03:50 /var/lib/apt/lists/deb.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free-firmware_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    5418 Dec 17 21:37 /var/lib/apt/lists/deb.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    7525 Dec 18 16:12 /var/lib/apt/lists/deb.tuxedocomputers.com_ubuntu_dists_jammy_main_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz

Thanks,
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Rémi