Bug#498470: apt: keeps wanting to install a security update having the same version as the installed package

[Tobia Conforto <tobia.conforto@linux.it>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.6.46.4-0.1
Severity: normal


When the last security advisory came out, I recompiled the mysql
package, as I always do, because I need to apply a custom patch.

I ran the usual apt-get build-dep, apt-get source, applied my patch,
./debian/rules binary, dpkg -i.

Now both apt-get and aptitude keep wanting to install the (unpatched)
package from the security repository, even if I have the same version
custom built and installed.  Aptitude for example says:

	mysql-server-5.0 could be upgraded to version 5.0.32-7etch6,
	but it is being held at version 5.0.32-7etch6.

Notice how the version number is exactly the same.

-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
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::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
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/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib

deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-amd64
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  debian-archive-keyring 2007.07.31~etch1  GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-13etch7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                1:4.1.1-21        GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6             4.1.1-21          The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

apt recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information