Bug#154482: base-config: apt-setup after 3 years still does not transition from "testing" to "stable" properly

[Brian Bennett <bahamat@digitalelf.net>]

Package: base-config
Version: 2.53.10
Followup-For: Bug #154482

Now that sarge is stable apt-setup still creates testing sources.

The workaround mentioned previously in this bug report does not work on sarge:

$ echo "set apt-setup/distribution stable" | sudo debconf-communicate
10 apt-setup/distribution doesn't exist
$

Can this be fixed for etch?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-p4-raid0
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages base-config depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.63             Add and remove users and groups
ii  apt                     0.5.28.6         Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  bsdutils                1:2.12p-4        Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
ii  console-data            2002.12.04dbs-49 Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fall
ii  console-tools           1:0.2.3dbs-56    Linux console and font utilities
ii  debconf                 1.4.30.13        Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils             2.8.4            Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  gettext-base            0.14.4-2         GNU Internationalization utilities
ii  passwd                  1:4.0.3-31sarge5 change and administer password and

-- debconf information:
  tzconfig/choose_country_zone_single: true
  base-config/menu/mta:
  tzconfig/select_zone:
  tzconfig/verify_choices: true
  tzconfig/choose_country_zone/BR: East
  base-config/intro:
  base-config/menu/exit:
  apt-setup/security-updates: true
  apt-setup/another: false
  base-config/title:
  base-config/menu/finish:
  debian-installer/language: en_US:en_GB:en
  base-config/late_command:
  apt-setup/mirror: archive.progeny.com
  base-config/start-display-manager: true
  base-config/menu/apt-setup:
  base-config/menu/keyboard:
  tzconfig/title:
  debian-installer/country: US
  apt-setup/directory: /debian/
  base-config/install-problem: true
  tzconfig/change_timezone: false
  base-config/menu/hostname:
  apt-setup/cd/another: false
  apt-setup/non-free: false
  apt-setup/badedit:
  mirror/suite: testing
  apt-setup/baddir:
  base-config/menu/pkgsel:
  base-config/menu/timezone:
  base-config/menu/debconf-seed:
  base-config/menu/intro:
  base-config/menu/passwd:
  apt-setup/hostname: archive.progeny.com
  base-config/menu/pon:
  base-config/login:
  tzconfig/gmt: true
  apt-setup/title:
  mirror/http/proxy:
  apt-setup/contrib: false
  base-config/main-menu: Finish configuring the base system
  base-config/early_command:
  tzconfig/geographic_area:
  apt-setup/cd/dev: /dev/cdrom
  apt-setup/country: United States
  debian-installer/keymap: us
  apt-setup/badsource:
  base-config/use-ppp: false
  apt-setup/uri_type: http
  tzconfig/choose_country_zone/US: Pacific
  apt-setup/not-mirror:
  base-config/get-hostname: mina
  tzconfig/choose_country_zone_multiple:
  tzconfig/choose_country_zone/CA: Eastern
  apt-setup/security-updates-failed:
  base-config/menu/shell:
  apt-setup/cd/bad:
  base-config/invalid-hostname: