Bug#578514: marked as done (apt: fails to upgrade a single package without explicit version specification)
Your message dated Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:38:08 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#578514: apt: fails to upgrade a single package without explicit version specification
has caused the Debian Bug report #578514,
regarding apt: fails to upgrade a single package without explicit version specification
to be marked as done.
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578514: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=578514
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.25.3
Severity: normal
Hi,
upgrading the package git-svn fails without error message:
# apt-get install git-svn
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
git-svn is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 420 not upgraded.
The message "git-svn is already the newest version" is wrong as
1:1.7.0.4-1 is installed but -2 exists:
# apt-get install git-svn=1:1.7.0.4-2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
colordiff
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
git git-svn
Suggested packages:
git-doc git-arch git-cvs git-daemon-run gitweb
The following packages will be REMOVED:
git-core git-email git-gui gitk stgit stgit-contrib
The following NEW packages will be installed:
git
The following packages will be upgraded:
git-svn
1 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 6 to remove and 420 not upgraded.
Need to get 5945kB of archives.
After this operation, 5120kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
Abort.
Jens
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "1";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Acquire "";
APT::Acquire::Translation "none";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*";
APT::Periodic "";
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
APT::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:::: "touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true";
APT::Archives "";
APT::Archives::MaxAge "30";
APT::Archives::MinAge "2";
APT::Archives::MaxSize "500";
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::netrc "auth.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Unattended-Upgrade "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "Debian stable";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "test -f /var/run/junior-config.usermenu && if [ -x /usr/sbin/blend-update-usermenus ] ; then /usr/sbin/blend-update-usermenus junior ; fi ; rm -f /var/run/junior-config.usermenu";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 900
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 800
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.7 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.2-9 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.4.2-9 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none> (no description available)
ii aptitude 0.6.1.5-3 terminal-based package manager (te
ii bzip2 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii dpkg-dev 1.15.5.6 Debian package development tools
ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in
ii python-apt 0.7.94.2 Python interface to libapt-pkg
ii synaptic 0.63.1 Graphical package manager
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
2010/4/20 Jens Seidel <jensseidel@users.sf.net>:
> apt-cache policy git-svn
> git-svn:
> Installed: 1:1.7.0-1
> Candidate: 1:1.7.0-1
> Version table:
> 1:1.7.0.4-2 0
> 800 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages
> 1:1.7.0.4-1 0
> 800 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages
> *** 1:1.7.0-1 0
> 900 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 1:1.5.6.5-3+lenny3 0
> 500 http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages
So everything is as you have configured it:
Your preference file says that you want to have the most recent
testing version and if this fails the most recent unstable version.
In your case you are starting from version 1:1.7.0-1 with pin 100.
In the version list are no pins >1000, so no downgrades.
Looking only at the versions equal or greater the version with
the highest pinning is intended the version from testing -
and it is installed, so APT is right, the newest version you want
to consider as a candidate is installed.
In difference: If you would be at version 1:1.7.0.4-1 APT would suggest
you an upgrade to 1:1.7.0.4-2 as this is the version with the
highest pin (testing is not considered, so unstable is the new king).
So your preferences can be described as a user who want to use
testing but pulls in unstable packages from time to time he want
to be automatically updated from unstable again as long as the version
he has installed on his system hasn't migrated to testing.
After this has happened the package will again be only upgraded
to newer testing versions.
btw: In this setup lenny/updates is useless as it will never provide
you with a version which is higher than the versions in testing and
unstable - and even if it would it has a low pinning compared to the
others so it will be not the choosen candidate…
If you want a different behavior you need to describe it differently.
I highly recommend to (re)read the apt_preferences manpage in this
case - it is even available in german (and a few other languages) so
you have no excuse. ;) (i am guessing german from your LC setting)
I am also closing this bug now as it seems it is a misunderstanding,
but in case i misunderstand you feel free to reopen it again.
Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
David Kalnischkies
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