Bug#1055931: apt ignores bullseye-backports
Control: reassign -1 src:linux
On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 01:45:21PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 2.6.1
> Severity: important
>
> When I want to report a bug against the Linux kernel, reportbug
> recommends to use bullseye-backports to get a more recent version
> (even though this is currently a bookworm based machine):
>
> Your version (6.1.55-1) of linux-image-6.1.0-13-amd64 appears to be out of date.
> The following newer release(s) are available in the Debian archive:
> bullseye-backports (backports-policy): 6.1.55+1~bpo11+1
> Please try to verify if the bug you are about to report is already addressed by these releases. Do you still want to file a report [y|N|q|?]?
>
> So I've added
>
> deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
>
> as documented in <https://wiki.debian.org/fr/Backports>.
>
> I did an "apt update". In particular:
>
> [...]
> Get:19 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports/main Translation-en [343 kB]
> Get:20 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports/main amd64 Contents (deb) [1367 kB]
> Get:21 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports/main all Contents (deb) [4773 kB]
> Get:22 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports/contrib amd64 Packages [5968 B]
> Get:23 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports/contrib Translation-en [6004 B]
> Get:24 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports/contrib amd64 Contents (deb) [17.1 kB]
> Get:25 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports/contrib all Contents (deb) [22.2 kB]
> Get:26 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports/non-free amd64 Packages [13.9 kB]
> Get:27 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports/non-free Translation-en [27.6 kB]
> Get:28 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports/non-free amd64 Contents (deb) [10.8 kB]
> Get:29 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports/non-free all Contents (deb) [58.5 kB]
> [...]
>
> But "apt show -a linux-image-6.1.0-13-amd64" just gives the 6.1.55-1
> version (no 6.1.55+1~bpo11+1 version), and
>
> apt install -t bullseye-backports linux-image-6.1.0-13-amd64
>
> also thinks that 6.1.55-1 is the version to be installed.
There is no apt bug here, the backports have linux-image-6.1.0-0.deb11.13
ABI. I don't know where the hook comes from so I'm just reassigning it
to src:linux.
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