Bug#818162: apt: /var/log/apt/history.log does not report epochs

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: Bug#818162: apt: /var/log/apt/history.log does not report epochs
From: Faheem Mitha <faheem@faheem.info>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 16:24:45 +0530
Message-id: <[🔎] 20160314105445.5686.49713.reportbug@orwell.homelinux.org>
Reply-to: Faheem Mitha <faheem@faheem.info>, 818162@bugs.debian.org
Package: apt
Version: 1.0.9.8.2
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

I happened to notice that history.log does not include package epochs
when reporting installs etc al. I don't care about that, but apt-get
does.

Context: I'm getting a log of Hash Sum type breakage, and because of
this, was accidentally upgraded to a lot of jessie-backports packages
I didn't want to be upgraded to. I discovered the thing about epochs,
when trying to use history to roll back to stable. When I fed apt-get
the output of history.log, it complained about the package numbers,
and it was clear the epochs were the problem. And indeed, when I added
the epochs, it stopped complaining.

                                                 Regards, Faheem Mitha


-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "1";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3\.2\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3\.2\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3\.2\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
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APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-3\.2\.0-4-amd64$";
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APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-3\.2\.0-4-amd64$";
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APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel";
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APT::Update::Post-Invoke "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke:: "[ ! -x /usr/bin/debtags ] || debtags update || true";
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Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "l=smuxi-daily";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";

-- /etc/apt/preferences --

Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 50

# Package: *
# Pin: release n=jessie
# Pin-Priority: 50

Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 50

Package: *
Pin: origin backports.debian.org
Pin-Priority: 50

Package: *
Pin: release a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 1

Package: *
Pin: release a=snapshot.debian.net
Pin-Priority: 1

Package: *
Pin: origin www.deb-multimedia.org
Pin-Priority: 1

Package: *
Pin: origin deb.grml.org
Pin-Priority: 1

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


#tor+http://debian.mirrors.ovh.net/debian/
#tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/

# ## wheezy sources

# deb tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib
# deb-src tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib

# deb tor+http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
# deb-src tor+http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free

# # wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
# deb tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
# deb-src tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free

# deb tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main contrib non-free
# deb-src tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main contrib non-free

## jessie sources

deb tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
deb-src tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib

deb tor+http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src tor+http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free

# jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free

deb tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports main contrib non-free
deb-src tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports main contrib non-free

#deb tor+http://cran.rstudio.com/R/CRAN/bin/linux/debian jessie-cran3/
deb tor+http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/debian jessie-cran3/
#deb-src tor+http://cran.rstudio.com/R/CRAN/bin/linux/debian jessie-cran3/

# unstable source

deb tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb-src tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib

# experimental sources

deb tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib
deb-src tor+http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib

#smuxi
deb tor+http://ppa.launchpad.net/meebey/smuxi-daily/ubuntu precise main
deb-src tor+http://ppa.launchpad.net/meebey/smuxi-daily/ubuntu precise main

#deb tor+http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

deb tor+http://llvm.org/apt/jessie/ llvm-toolchain-jessie-3.7 main
deb-src tor+http://llvm.org/apt/jessie/ llvm-toolchain-jessie-3.7 main

deb tor+http://www.deb-multimedia.org jessie main non-free
deb-src tor+http://www.deb-multimedia.org jessie main non-free

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.3
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (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: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2014.3
ii  gnupg                   1.4.18-7
ii  libapt-pkg4.12          1.0.9.8.2
ii  libc6                   2.19-18+deb8u3
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.9.2-10
ii  libstdc++6              4.9.2-10

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc     <none>
ii  aptitude    0.6.11-1+b1
ii  dpkg-dev    1.17.26
ii  python-apt  0.9.3.12
ii  synaptic    0.81.2
ii  wajig       2.17

-- no debconf information
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