#1144047 Lots of GLib-GIO-CRITICAL when running apt-get update

Package:
appstream
Source:
appstream
Description:
Software component metadata management
Submitter:
Andreas Meile
Date:
2026-08-10 08:29:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1144047#5
Date:
2026-08-10 08:20:16 UTC
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Symptoms: When running apt-get upgrade, a lot of

(appstreamcli:1884): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 09:45:31.115: GFileInfo created without standard::type

(appstreamcli:1884): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 09:45:31.115: file ../../../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 1625 (g_file_info_get_file_type): should not be reached

(appstreamcli:1884): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 09:45:31.115: GFileInfo created without standard::type

(appstreamcli:1884): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 09:45:31.115: file ../../../gio/gfileinfo.c: line 1625 (g_file_info_get_file_type): should not be reached

appear. Already tried out without success:

appstreamcli refresh --force

Other important detail: The /var/cache/app-info folder contains an empty xmls
subfolder only.