[elbe-devel] [PATCH 1/2] Revert "pkgutils: dont fallback to nonvirtapt code, when virtapt is avail"

[Manuel Traut]

Hi Torben,

On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 05:00:26PM +0200, Torben Hohn wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 02:14:40AM +0200, John Ogness wrote:
> > This reverts commit 478b26e08550f1322ec2cb07db26d8fa961054b3.
> > 
> > The fallback code is used when creating the initvm from cdrom.
> > Removing the fallback broke initvm cration from cdrom.
> > 
> > multiprocessing.managers.RemoteError:
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/managers.py", line 207, in handle_request
> >     result = func(c, *args, **kwds)
> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/managers.py", line 386, in create
> >     obj = callable(*args, **kwds)
> >   File "/home/jogness/tmpfs/elbe/elbepack/virtapt.py", line 97, in __init__
> >     self.cache = apt_pkg.Cache()
> > Error: W:Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default., W:See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details., E:The value 'jessie' is invalid for APT::Default-Release as such a release is not available in the sources
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I opened an Issue for the underlying Bug:
> https://github.com/Linutronix/elbe/issues/158
> 
> Because that uncovered Bug should get fixed instead of catching
> any Exception.

thanks, however i closed this issue as duplicate of removing all the generic
Execptions that already exists. But it's good to have this additional background
information, so i referenced it also in this issue.

Thanks,

  Manuel