Bug#807983: marked as done (apt-cache policy no longer displays pinning info)

To: David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de>
Subject: Bug#807983: marked as done (apt-cache policy no longer displays pinning info)
From: owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 18:09:05 +0000
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References: <20151223180656.GA19924@crossbow> <[🔎] 145014656934.25069.6390946983640151871.reportbug@localhost.localdomain>

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To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: apt-cache policy no longer displays pinning info
From: js <jshaio@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 21:29:29 -0500
Message-id: <[🔎] 145014656934.25069.6390946983640151871.reportbug@localhost.localdomain>

Package: apt
Version: 1.1.4
Severity: minor

Dear Maintainer,

==================================================================================

After upgrading from apt 1.1.3 to 1.1.4 (testing) I noticed apt-cache
policy no longer shows pinning info, for example

  => apt-cache policy sendmail-bin
  sendmail-bin:
    Installed: 8.14.9-1
    Candidate: 8.14.9-1
    Version table:
       8.15.2-2 500
          500 http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian testing/main i386 Packages
       8.14.9-4 500
          500 http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150904 testing/main i386 Packages
       8.14.9-2 500
          500 http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150720 testing/main i386 Packages
   *** 8.14.9-1 1001
          500 copy:/usr3/Installs/DEB ./ Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       8.14.4-8 500
          500 http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20141018 testing/main i386 Packages

Actually, sendmail-bin_8.14.9-1 is up to date on this system because of this pin
in /etc/apt/preferences.d/:

  Package: sendmail-bin
  Pin: version 8.14.9-1
  Pin-Priority: 1001


Earlier versions of apt-get showed also the pin info, so it would be
easy to tell that the package was actually pinned (and to verify it could
not be upgraded by mistake), something like:

  => apt-cache policy sendmail-bin
  sendmail-bin:
    Installed: 8.14.9-1
    Candidate: 8.14.9-1
	Pin: 8.14.9-1         <<<<<<<<<<<<<< no longer appears in apt_1.1.4
    Version table:
	...


Restoring this behavior would make it much easier to see why a package
is kept at a version that is not the latest.

[Perhaps this is related to the change in 1.1~exp9 to the pinning algorithm?]

==================================================================================



-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "true";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Sandbox "";
APT::Sandbox::User "_apt";
APT::Cache "";
APT::Cache::AllVersions "false";
APT::Cache-Limit "0";
APT::Clean-Installed "false";
APT::Get "";
APT::Get::AutomaticRemove "false";
APT::Get::Show-Upgraded "true";
APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New "true";
APT::Archives "";
APT::Archives::MaxAge "0";
APT::Archives::MaxSize "0";
APT::Archives::MinAge "2";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image.*";
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 "0";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";
APT::Periodic::BackupArchiveInterval "1";
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-Success "";
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";
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APT::Architectures:: "i386";
APT::Compressor "";
APT::Compressor::. "";
APT::Compressor::.::Name ".";
APT::Compressor::.::Extension "";
APT::Compressor::.::Binary "";
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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::xz "";
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APT::Compressor::xz::Extension ".xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Cost "3";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg:: "-6";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::bzip2 "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Name "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Extension ".bz2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Binary "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Cost "4";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg "";
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APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg "";
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APT::Compressor::lzma "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Name "lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Extension ".lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Binary "xz";
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APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
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APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "-d";
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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::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";
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Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
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Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/cdrom";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
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Acquire::Changelogs::URI "";
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin "";
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Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Tanglu "http://metadata.tanglu.org/changelogs/@CHANGEPATH@_changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Ubuntu "http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/@CHANGEPATH@/changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Ultimedia "http://packages.ultimediaos.com/changelogs/pool/@CHANGEPATH@/changelog.txt";;
Acquire::gpgv "";
Acquire::gpgv::Options "";
Acquire::gpgv::Options:: "--ignore-time-conflict";
Acquire::Check-Valid-Until "false";
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "en";
Acquire::Languages:: "none";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Invoke "";
DPkg::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi";
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:: "test -f /var/run/science-config.usermenu && if [ -x /usr/sbin/blend-update-usermenus ] ; then /usr/sbin/blend-update-usermenus science ; fi ; rm -f /var/run/science-config.usermenu";
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 ";
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 "";
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DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
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RPM::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi";
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Binary "apt-config";
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Binary::apt::APT "";
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Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Show::Version "2";
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Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowVirtuals "1";
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Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowVersion "1";
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Binary::apt::APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New "1";
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Binary::apt::APT::Cmd::Show-Update-Stats "1";
Binary::apt::DPkg "";
Binary::apt::DPkg::Progress-Fancy "1";
Binary::apt::Acquire "";
Binary::apt::Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories "0";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";

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


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

#

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Wheezy_ - Official Snapshot i386 DVD Binary-1 20111219-04:00]/ wheezy contrib main

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Wheezy_ - Official Snapshot i386 DVD Binary-1 20111219-04:00]/ wheezy contrib main

deb http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian testing main non-free contrib
deb-src http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian testing main non-free contrib

####deb http://mirror.anl.gov/debian testing main non-free contrib
####deb-src http://mirror.anl.gov/debian testing main non-free contrib

####deb http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/debian testing main non-free contrib
####deb-src http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/debian testing main non-free contrib

####deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian testing main non-free contrib
####deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian testing main non-free contrib

deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free

#
# snapshot entries have trailing /, get exact URL from: http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/
#
# get last before gcc 5:
deb  http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150904/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src  http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150904/ testing main contrib non-free

# get udev=221
deb  http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150720/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src  http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150720/ testing main contrib non-free

# get nvidia 340.46-1 driver and linux-image-3.14-1-686-pae (snapshot.debian.org)
deb  http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20141018/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src  http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20141018/ testing main contrib non-free

# get nvidia 340.24-2 driver and linux-image-3.14-1-686-pae (snapshot.debian.org)
deb  http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20140727/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src  http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20140727/ testing main contrib non-free

# get nvidia 331.67-1 driver (snapshot.debian.org)
deb  http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20140504/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src  http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20140504/ testing main contrib non-free

# get nvidia 331.49-1 driver (snapshot.debian.org)
deb  http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20140319/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src  http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20140319/ testing main contrib non-free

deb copy:/usr3/Installs/DEB ./
deb-src copy:/usr3/Installs/DEB ./


-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/6 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.113+nmu3
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2014.3
ii  gnupg                   1.4.19-6
ii  gnupg2                  2.0.28-3
ii  gpgv                    1.4.19-3
ii  libapt-pkg5.0           1.1.4
ii  libc6                   2.19-18
ii  libgcc1                 1:5.2.1-17
ii  libstdc++6              5.2.1-17

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
ii  apt-doc     1.1.4
ii  aptitude    0.7.4-2
ii  dpkg-dev    1.18.3
ii  python-apt  1.0.1
ii  synaptic    0.82.4

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove changed:
APT
{
  NeverAutoRemove
  {
        ##"^.*";
	"^firmware-linux.*";
	"^linux-firmware$";
	"^linux-image.*";
	"^linux-headers.*";
	"^kfreebsd-image.*";
	"^linux-restricted-modules.*";
	"^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*";
	"^gnumach$";
	"^gnumach-image.*";
  };
  Never-MarkAuto-Sections
  {
	"metapackages";
	"restricted/metapackages";
	"universe/metapackages";
	"multiverse/metapackages";
	"oldlibs";
	"restricted/oldlibs";
	"universe/oldlibs";
	"multiverse/oldlibs";
  };
};


-- no debconf information

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To: js <jshaio@yahoo.com>, 807983-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#807983: apt-cache policy no longer displays pinning info

From: David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de>

Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 19:06:56 +0100

Message-id: <20151223180656.GA19924@crossbow>

In-reply-to: <[🔎] 145014656934.25069.6390946983640151871.reportbug@localhost.localdomain>

References: <[🔎] 145014656934.25069.6390946983640151871.reportbug@localhost.localdomain>
On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 09:29:29PM -0500, js wrote:
> Restoring this behavior would make it much easier to see why a package
> is kept at a version that is not the latest.
> 
> [Perhaps this is related to the change in 1.1~exp9 to the pinning algorithm?]

The problem with this Pin: line was that you can have both multiple pins
effecting (different) versions of a package and a pin effecting multiple
versions. What to display in these cases?

Julian (and I) therefore decided to drop this line as it tends to be
more confusing than helpful.

Have a look at the end of the output of "apt-cache policy" for a list of
all package (versions) effected by pins. The output changed slightly
with 1.1, but the list itself exists also in earlier versions. Also, if
you look very closely at the package specific policy display you can see
now that the version you specified is pinned to 1001.

I hope that helps you getting over the "loss" as both is intend to be
the better replacement, but feel free to report back if that isn't
working for you. Marking the bug as closed in the meantime as I don't
see Pin: coming back as-was.


Best regards

David Kalnischkies
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