Bug#285437: apt: Refuses to upgrade to new version
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.27
Severity: normal
apt-get sometimes refuses to upgrade some packages to the latest
version in testing, even if newer versions exists and apt-cache policy
confirms that. Take a look at this:
sid:~# apt-get update
Hit http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se unstable/main Packages
Hit http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se unstable/main Release
Hit http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se unstable/contrib Packages
Hit http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se unstable/contrib Release
Hit http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se unstable/non-free Packages
Hit http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se unstable/non-free Release
Hit http://www.tux.org unstable/non-free Packages
Hit http://www.tux.org unstable/non-free Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Sources
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org testing/main Packages
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org testing/main Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Sources
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org testing/contrib Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Sources
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Release
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org testing/non-free Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org experimental/main Sources
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/main Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org experimental/main Release
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/main Release
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org experimental/contrib Sources
Hit http://http.us.debian.org experimental/contrib Release
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/contrib Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org experimental/non-free Sources
Hit http://http.us.debian.org experimental/non-free Release
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/non-free Release
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org experimental/main Packages
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org experimental/main Release
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org experimental/contrib Packages
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org experimental/contrib Release
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org experimental/non-free Packages
Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org experimental/non-free Release
Reading Package Lists... Done
sid:~# apt-cache policy autofs
autofs:
Installed: 4.1.3-5
Candidate: 4.1.3-5
Version Table:
4.1.3-6 0
50 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org testing/main Packages
50 http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se unstable/main Packages
50 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/main Packages
*** 4.1.3-5 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
sid:~# apt-get install autofs
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
autofs is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
sid:~#
Why isn't autofs upgraded???
I have only seen this on amd64 and not on i386.
/ Anders
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 50
Package: *
Pin: release a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 40
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing-proposed-updates
Pin-Priority: 51
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
# See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy
# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
# CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.
##################
# testing
##################
#deb http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/sarge testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/pure64 testing main contrib non-free
##################
# unstable
##################
deb http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se/pure64 unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/pure64 unstable main contrib non-free
##################
# unstable source
##################
#deb-src http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se/pure64 unstable main
#deb-src http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/pure64 unstable main
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
##################
# experimental
##################
#deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian ../project/experimental main contrib non-free
deb http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/pure64 experimental main contrib non-free
##################
# experimental source
##################
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
##################
# other
##################
# BlackDown Java Linux
#deb http://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian testing main non-free
#deb http://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian unstable main non-free
deb http://www.tux.org/pub/java/debian unstable non-free
# deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian testing non-free
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (ignored: LC_ALL set to sv_SE)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.2-3 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
-- no debconf information
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