Bug#759194: apt: wrong version selection with "-t stable"

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: Bug#759194: apt: wrong version selection with "-t stable"
From: "Ph. Marek" <philipp.marek@linbit.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 08:54:01 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 20140825065359.GA7395@cacao.linbit>
Reply-to: "Ph. Marek" <philipp.marek@linbit.com>, 759194@bugs.debian.org
Package: apt
Version: 1.1~exp2
Severity: minor

With apt 1.0.6 and 1.1~ I see some strange package selection behaviour.

It started with this:
    $ LC_ALL=C apt-get dist-upgrade -s | grep upgraded,
    233 upgraded, 21 newly installed, 1 to remove and 3 not upgraded.

But if I choose the "older" release
    $ LC_ALL=C apt-get dist-upgrade -s -t stable | grep upgraded,
    974 upgraded, 34 newly installed, 4 to remove and 3 not upgraded.


Some more testing finally showed this:
    $ LC_ALL=C apt-cache policy grub-common 
    grub-common:
      Installed: 2.00-22
      Candidate: 2.00-22
      Version table:
         2.02~beta2-11 0
            500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ unstable/main amd64 Packages
     *** 2.00-22 0
            990 http://http.debian.net/debian/ testing/main amd64 Packages
            100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
         1.99-27+deb7u2 0
            500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ stable/main amd64 Packages

but
    $ LC_ALL=C apt-cache policy grub-common -t stable
    grub-common:
      Installed: 2.00-22
      Candidate: 2.02~beta2-11
    ...


So it looks as if the wrong target release gets chosen with "-t stable";
maybe because "stable" is a substring of "unstable"?


Perhaps this is the same bug as the (unanswered) #746412:
    apt: option -t does not always work



-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "true";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3\.14-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3\.14-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3\.14-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3\.14-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-3\.14-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-3\.14-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-3\.14-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-3\.14-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-3\.14-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-3\.14-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-3\.14-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^postgresql-";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages "";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image-extra";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-signed-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "gnumach-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-modules";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-backports-modules-.*";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-tools";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections "";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs";
APT::Periodic "";
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
APT::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke:: "touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke:: "[ ! -x /usr/bin/debtags ] || debtags update --local || true";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "[ ! -f /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket ] || /usr/bin/dbus-send --system --dest=org.debian.apt --type=signal /org/debian/apt org.debian.apt.CacheChanged || true";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "/usr/bin/test -e /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service && /usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus call --system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path /org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 4 --method org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null; /bin/echo > /dev/null";
APT::Archives "";
APT::Archives::MaxAge "30";
APT::Archives::MinAge "2";
APT::Archives::MaxSize "500";
APT::Default-Release "testing";
APT::Architectures "";
APT::Architectures:: "amd64";
APT::Compressor "";
APT::Compressor::. "";
APT::Compressor::.::Name ".";
APT::Compressor::.::Extension "";
APT::Compressor::.::Binary "";
APT::Compressor::.::Cost "1";
APT::Compressor::gzip "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Name "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Extension ".gz";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Binary "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Cost "2";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg:: "-9n";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::bzip2 "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Name "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Extension ".bz2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Binary "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Cost "3";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg:: "-9";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::xz "";
APT::Compressor::xz::Name "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Extension ".xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Cost "4";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg:: "-6";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::lzma "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Name "lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Extension ".lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Cost "5";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "-9";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "-d";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/";
Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states";
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::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg";
Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::solvers "";
Dir::Bin::solvers:: "/usr/lib/apt/solvers";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Bin::bzip2 "/bin/bzip2";
Dir::Bin::xz "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Bin::lzma "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently "";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.distUpgrade$";
Acquire "";
Acquire::cdrom "";
Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom/";
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "en";
Acquire::Languages:: "none";
Acquire::Languages:: "de";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "/usr/bin/test -e /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service && /usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus call --system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path /org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 4 --method org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null; /bin/echo > /dev/null";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi; if [ -e /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available ]; then echo > /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available; fi ";
Unattended-Upgrade "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "origin=Debian,archive=${distro_codename},label=Debian-Security";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";

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


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

deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ experimental main contrib

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_AT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2012.4
ii  gnupg                   1.4.18-2
ii  libapt-pkg4.13          1.1~exp2
ii  libc6                   2.19-7
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.9.1-4
ii  libstdc++6              4.9.1-4

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc     <none>
ii  aptitude    0.6.11-1
ii  dpkg-dev    1.17.10
ii  python-apt  0.9.3.8

-- no debconf information

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