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Description of problem: gnome-software is broken and never updates. It looks like the problem is packagekit crashing. This happens on both my desktop and laptop. Both are F23 installs that I upgraded to F24 earlier this week with dnf. However, I can't be sure that this started happening when I upgraded to F24 because I rarely use gnome-software. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-software.x86_64 3.20.3-1.fc24 @System PackageKit.x86_64 1.1.1-3.fc24 @System hawkey.x86_64 0.6.3-2.fc24 @System How reproducible: Running `pkcon -v refresh` crashes: devhen ~ pkcon -v refresh 09:02:49 PackageKit Verbose debugging enabled (on console 1) 09:02:49 PackageKit filter=(null), filters=0 09:02:49 PackageKit adding state 0x5604e21e70d0 09:02:49 PackageKit role now refresh-cache Refreshing cache [ ] (0%) 09:02:49 PackageKit notify::connected [=========================] Downloading repository information[=========================] Loading cache [=========================] Downloading repository information[=========================] Loading cache [ ] (0%) 09:02:52 PackageKit notify::connected The daemon crashed mid-transaction! Here are the log entries from journalctl: Jun 23 08:55:50 localhost dbus[1018]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.PackageKit' unit='packagekit.service' Jun 23 08:55:50 localhost systemd[1]: Starting PackageKit Daemon... Jun 23 08:55:50 localhost PackageKit[5307]: daemon start Jun 23 08:55:50 localhost dbus[1018]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit' Jun 23 08:55:50 localhost systemd[1]: Started PackageKit Daemon. Jun 23 08:55:50 localhost audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=packagekit comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' Jun 23 08:55:50 localhost polkitd[1191]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:5302:229836 (system bus name :1.108 [/usr/bin/pkttyagent --notify-fd 10 --fallback], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.utf-8) Jun 23 08:55:50 localhost PackageKit[5307]: uid 1000 is trying to obtain org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh auth (only_trusted:0) Jun 23 08:55:50 localhost PackageKit[5307]: uid 1000 obtained auth for org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh Jun 23 08:55:53 localhost packagekitd[5307]: packagekitd: /builddir/build/BUILD/hawkey-0.6.3/src/sack.c:838: hy_sack_add_excludes: Assertion `excl->size >= nexcl->size' failed. Jun 23 08:55:53 localhost audit[5320]: ANOM_ABEND auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:rpm_t:s0 pid=5320 comm="PK-Backend" exe="/usr/libexec/packagekitd" sig=6 Jun 23 08:55:53 localhost abrt-hook-ccpp[5359]: Process 5307 (packagekitd) of user 0 killed by SIGABRT - dumping core Jun 23 08:55:53 localhost systemd[1]: packagekit.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=6/ABRT Jun 23 08:55:53 localhost polkitd[1191]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:5302:229836 (system bus name :1.108, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.utf-8) (disconnected from bus) Jun 23 08:55:53 localhost systemd[1]: packagekit.service: Unit entered failed state. Jun 23 08:55:53 localhost audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=packagekit comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed' Jun 23 08:55:53 localhost systemd[1]: packagekit.service: Failed with result 'signal'. Jun 23 08:55:53 localhost abrt-server[5360]: Deleting problem directory ccpp-2016-06-23-08:55:53-5307 (dup of ccpp-2016-06-21-13:33:30-1928) Jun 23 08:55:53 localhost dbus[1018]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.problems' (using servicehelper) Jun 23 08:55:53 localhost dbus[1018]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.problems'
It looks like this is caused by my exclude= line in /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo which is: exclude=kernel-devel kernel-debug-devel If I comment out that line then it works.
Any word on this? To summarize: packagekit (and therefore gnome-software) crashes if any packages are excluded via exclude= in the base Fedora repo (/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo).
Same here I'm running kde and when I run packagekitd in the foreground and initiate an update check through the plasma widget packagekitd crashes with the following message: packagekitd: /builddir/build/BUILD/hawkey-0.6.3/src/sack.c:838: hy_sack_add_excludes: Assertion `excl->size >= nexcl->size' failed
I'm now running PackageKit 1.1.3-1.fc24, the latest update, and this issue still persists.
I have what appears to be the same issue. However, I have different "excludes": $ fgrep -i exclude * fedora-updates.repo:exclude=xpra rpmfusion-nonfree.repo:exclude=nautilus-dropbox Similar log: Aug 1 07:02:41 aschmidt packagekitd: packagekitd: /builddir/build/BUILD/hawkey-0.6.3/src/sack.c:838: hy_sack_add_excludes: Assertion `excl->size >= nexcl->size' failed. Aug 1 07:02:41 aschmidt audit: ANOM_ABEND auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:rpm_t:s0 pid=14151 comm="PK-Backend" ex e="/usr/libexec/packagekitd" sig=6 Aug 1 07:02:41 aschmidt abrt-hook-ccpp: Process 14113 (packagekitd) of user 0 killed by SIGABRT - dumping core Aug 1 07:02:43 aschmidt plasmashell: PK error: "The PackageKit daemon has crashed" type: "process-kill" Aug 1 07:02:43 aschmidt audit: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=packagekit comm=" systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed' Aug 1 07:02:43 aschmidt systemd: packagekit.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=6/ABRT Aug 1 07:02:43 aschmidt systemd: packagekit.service: Unit entered failed state. Aug 1 07:02:43 aschmidt systemd: packagekit.service: Failed with result 'signal'. "pkcon update" has a somewhat different behavior: # pkcon update Getting updates [======== ] (35%) ...and here it will stay, silent, until killed.
This bug seems to have flown under the radar. Some suggestions for the OP. 1). Change the topic to "Excludes crashes PackageKit and Gnome Software". 2). Set the priority severity of the bug to "High" Maybe that will catch the attention of maintainers. It's a shame this bug has existed for months now with no acknowledgement.
In the end, though, the impact to the end user isn't high. The only real problem is that plasma-pk-updates runs by default, and there's no obvious replacement that uses a stable back-end. dnf-automatic works fine. It just isn't ... you know ... sexy.
@mystilleef I was told in the IRC channel (albeit, several weeks ago) that this was being looked into. But I'll try changing the title. Personally this doesn't bother me a ton because I do not use any packagekit frontends for updates, I only use dnf, but I agree that this is a pretty nasty bug that has existed for too long.
Had the same issue with: gnome-software-3.20.4-1.fc24.x86_64 PackageKit-1.1.3-2.fc24.x86_64 The Software app would start, but nothing would load inside the "All" or "Installed" tabs. `pkcon refresh` would crash as described above. Removing these exclude lines fixed `pkcon refresh`: $ grep "exclude" * fedora.repo:exclude=postgresql* fedora-updates.repo:exclude=postgresql* The Software app worked properly again after I commented out the exclude lines, ran `pkcon refresh`, and rebooted.
Bug 1377969 might be a duplicate of this one. I say "might" because I'm seeing similar a similar backtrace at: https://retrace.fedoraproject.org/faf/reports/1324126/ ...and that references Bug 1377969, but I'm not allowed to see it. Ours is older, and it would be cuckoo-bananas to lock that one up but not this one, but there you go.
Same behavior here. Please fix it :(
Hmmm I guess it works on 25?
Yep, this appears to be fixed for me now on F25.
Can we go ahead and close this? Is anyone else still having the problem? It seems to be fixed for since upgrading to F25.
*** Bug 1350732 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Not fixed in F24 The daemon crashed mid-transaction!
(In reply to Sergio Monteiro Basto from comment #16) > Not fixed in F24 > > The daemon crashed mid-transaction! This has been fixed in F25, and the F25 RPMS will install in F24. You'll need PackageKit PackageKit-glib PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin
(In reply to Devin Henderson from comment #14) > Can we go ahead and close this? Is anyone else still having the problem? It > seems to be fixed for since upgrading to F25. Sadly no. Although the crash issue is resolved, the side effect is "exclude" parameter is not honoured by PackageKit inside repo file. For example, I use copr repository for the kernel 4.9.x and exclude an upgrade from fedora-updates.repo to kernel 4.10.x as illustrated below: $ grep "exclude" * fedora-updates.repo:exclude=kernel* $ dnf check-update | grep kernel Despite clearing the cache with "pkcon refresh force" $ pkcon get-updates | grep kernel Available kernel-4.10.6-200.fc25.x86_64 (updates) Available kernel-core-4.10.6-200.fc25.x86_64 (updates) Available kernel-headers-4.10.6-200.fc25.x86_64 (updates) Available kernel-modules-4.10.6-200.fc25.x86_64 (updates)
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@Luya Tshimbalanga: Is that happening to you on F25 or F26? Lets keep this ticket open and reassign it to the correct Fedora version and hopefully we'll get a response on that issue.
(In reply to Devin Henderson from comment #20) > @Luya Tshimbalanga: > > Is that happening to you on F25 or F26? Lets keep this ticket open and > reassign it to the correct Fedora version and hopefully we'll get a response > on that issue. Not sure yet. If it safe to assign "version" to 26 for the time being.
Sadly it is still happening. PackageKit does not honour exclude parameter.
I'm marking as duplicated becuase there is no point have 2 bugs where we talk of same thing ... *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1256108 ***