Hello Aurelien,
the problem described by Christoph happens for me, too.
On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 06:28:34PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> On 2024-12-12 00:19, Christoph Egger wrote:
> > Package: tzdata
> > Version: 2024a-0+deb12u1
> > Severity: important
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > tzdata update fails here, installing 2024a from /var/cache/apt gets the system back to working. This is from inside a systemd-nspawn.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Chistoph
> >
> >
> > (Reading database ... 65470 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Preparing to unpack .../tzdata_2024b-0+deb11u1_all.deb ...
> > Unpacking tzdata (2024b-0+deb11u1) over (2024a-0+deb12u1) ...
> > dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/tzdata_2024b-0+deb11u1_all.deb (--unpack):
> > unable to open '/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Africa/Abidjan.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/tzdata_2024b-0+deb11u1_all.deb
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> Do I understand correctly that you try to downgrade tzdata from the
> bookworm version to the bullseye version?
Well, yes and no. It tries to install the bullseye version over the one
from bookworm, but it's not a downgrade because 2024b-0+deb11u1 >
2024a-0+deb12u1.
$ apt policy tzdata
tzdata:
Installed: 2024a-0+deb12u1
Candidate: 2024b-0+deb11u1
Version table:
2024b-0+deb11u1 500
500 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security/main armhf Packages
*** 2024a-0+deb12u1 500
500 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main armhf Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2024a-0+deb11u1 500
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main armhf Packages
2021a-1+deb11u11 500
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates/main armhf Packages
OK, you could argue I should have deleted the bullseye sources from my
apt configuration or at least have given bookworm a higher pin. But you
could also argue that bullseye-security shouldn't have a higer version
than bookworm(-security) or that the upgrade from 2024a-0+X to 2024b-0+X
should just work.
Best regards
Uwe
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