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Bug#992225: marked as done (Suite value change for buster package list causes apt-get update failures)

Your message dated Mon, 16 Aug 2021 06:57:25 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#992225: Suite value change for buster package list causes apt-get update failures
has caused the Debian Bug report #992225,
regarding Suite value change for buster package list causes apt-get update failures
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Package: apt
Version: 1.8.2.2

It seems that the for buster package list, the 'Suite' value was changed from 'stable' to 'oldstable' on Sat, 14 Aug 2021
Reference - http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/InRelease

This is breaking apt-get update across hundreds of services that we use.

Error logs as follows
E: Repository 'http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates InRelease' changed its 'Suite' value from 'stable' to 'oldstable'
E: Repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease' changed its 'Suite' value from 'stable' to 'oldstable'
E: Repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease' changed its 'Suite' value from 'stable-updates' to 'oldstable-updates'

One option for us is to use the --allow-releaseinfo-change flag. But, doing so across all services is disruptive and a time consuming effort.

I wanted to check if this can be resolved on the debian side by maintaining backwards compatibility in the package list.


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Version: 1.8.2.3

On Sun, 2021-08-15 at 22:40 -0700, Kamal Ramchandani wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 1.8.2.2
> 
> It seems that the for buster package list, the 'Suite' value was
> changed from 'stable' to 'oldstable' on Sat, 14 Aug 2021
> Reference - http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/InRelease

Yes, there was a release, so stable is now "bullseye" and buster is
oldstable.

> This is breaking apt-get update across hundreds of services that we
> use.
> 
> Error logs as follows
> E: Repository 'http://security.debian.org/debian-security
> buster/updates InRelease' changed its 'Suite' value from 'stable' to 'oldstable'
> E: Repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease' changed
> its 'Suite' value from 'stable' to 'oldstable'
> E: Repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease'
> changed its 'Suite' value from 'stable-updates' to 'oldstable-
> updates'
> 

This implies that the systems in question are not up-to-date - apt
1.8.2.3 has been in buster since June (as part of the 10.10 point
release, and downgrades that error to an informational notice. I'm
marking this bug as resolved in that version on that basis.

> One option for us is to use the --allow-releaseinfo-change flag. But,
> doing so across all services is disruptive and a time consuming
> effort.
>
> I wanted to check if this can be resolved on the debian side by
> maintaining backwards compatibility in the package list.

This isn't a question of backward compatibility. buster is no longer
stable, it would be wrong for the repository metadata to claim that it
is.

If you ensure that all your systems are up-to-date, this should not be
an issue.

Regards,

Adam

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