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Bug#847983: marked as done (apt: Sid Apt-Pinning ignoring other Release than Experimental)

Your message dated Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:14:36 -0400
with message-id <[🔎] ZgWlfIU44NXa3oTR@sputnik-odin.opperschaap.net>
and subject line Re: Bug#847983: apt: Sid Apt-Pinning ignoring other Release than Experimental
has caused the Debian Bug report #847983,
regarding apt: Sid Apt-Pinning ignoring other Release than Experimental
to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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-- 
847983: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=847983
Debian Bug Tracking System
Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
--- Begin Message --- 
Package: apt
Version: 1.4~beta1
Severity: important
Tags: d-i

Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?
   I noticed, since long time ago, that I was not anymore able to use
   Apt-Pinning for installing packages from Stable and Testing Releases.
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
     Everytime I try to use "APT-Pinning", I do not get what I want.
     Even if I try /testing or -t testing, or any Release other than 
     Experimental, I only get error or Experimental list of packages.
     Finally, apt-cache policy only return Sid and Experimental packages.
   * What was the outcome of this action?
     If I try 
	"apt-cache show -t testing linux-image-amd64"
     OR
	"apt-cache show linux-image-amd64/testing"
     I get this with apt-get:
	E: Release 'testing' for 'linux-image-amd64' was not found
	E: No packages found
    And this with aptitude:
	E: The value 'testing' is invalid for APT::Default-Release as such a release is not available in the sources
	E: The value 'testing' is invalid for APT::Default-Release as such a release is not available in the sources
   Whatever I try, any package will be not available…
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
   As before, a list of packages from the asked Release, and the possibility to install packages from testing, stable, etc…


*** End of the template - remove these template lines ***


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-- /etc/apt/preferences.d/experimental --

Package: *
Pin: release a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 5

-- /etc/apt/preferences.d/firefox-esr --

Package: firefox-esr
Pin: release experimental
Pin-Priority: 500

-- /etc/apt/preferences.d/init --

Package: init
Pin: release *
Pin-Priority: -1

-- /etc/apt/preferences.d/initramfs-tools --

#Package: initramfs-tools
#Pin: version 0.118
#Pin: release *
#Pin-Priority: -1

-- /etc/apt/preferences.d/kernel --

Package: linux-image-* linux-headers-* linux-kbuild-*
Pin: release experimental
Pin-Priority: 500

-- /etc/apt/preferences.d/stable --

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=stable
Pin-Priority: 100

-- /etc/apt/preferences.d/testing --

Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 150

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

#deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ sid main

deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib
deb http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib

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#Testing
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deb-src http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free

-- (no /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* present) --


-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (5, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.115
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2014.3
ii  gpgv                    2.1.16-3
ii  init-system-helpers     1.46
ii  libapt-pkg5.0           1.4~beta1
ii  libc6                   2.24-8
ii  libgcc1                 1:6.2.1-5
ii  libstdc++6              6.2.1-5

Versions of packages apt recommends:
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ii  gnupg2  2.1.16-3

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc         <none>
ii  aptitude        0.8.3-1+b2
ii  dpkg-dev        1.18.15
ii  powermgmt-base  1.31+nmu1
ii  python-apt      1.1.0~beta5
ii  synaptic        0.83+nmu1

-- no debconf information

-- apt cache policy:
Package files:
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     release a=now
   5 ftp://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian experimental/non-free amd64 Packages
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     origin ftp2.fr.debian.org
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     origin ftp2.fr.debian.org
   5 ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian experimental/non-free amd64 Packages
     release o=Debian,a=experimental,n=experimental,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=amd64
     origin ftp.fr.debian.org
   5 ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian experimental/main amd64 Packages
     release o=Debian,a=experimental,n=experimental,l=Debian,c=main,b=amd64
     origin ftp.fr.debian.org
   5 ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian experimental/contrib amd64 Packages
     release o=Debian,a=experimental,n=experimental,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=amd64
     origin ftp.fr.debian.org
 990 http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian sid/contrib amd64 Packages
     release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=amd64
     origin ftp2.fr.debian.org
 990 http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian sid/non-free amd64 Packages
     release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=amd64
     origin ftp2.fr.debian.org
 990 http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 Packages
     release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=main,b=amd64
     origin ftp2.fr.debian.org
 990 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian sid/contrib amd64 Packages
     release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=amd64
     origin ftp.fr.debian.org
 990 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian sid/non-free amd64 Packages
     release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=non-free,b=amd64
     origin ftp.fr.debian.org
 990 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 Packages
     release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=main,b=amd64
     origin ftp.fr.debian.org
Pinned packages:
     init -> 1.46 with priority -1
     linux-headers-4.9.0-rc8-amd64 -> 4.9~rc8-1~exp1 with priority 500
     linux-headers-4.9.0-rc8-all-amd64 -> 4.9~rc8-1~exp1 with priority 500
     linux-kbuild-4.9 -> 4.9~rc8-1~exp1 with priority 500
     linux-headers-4.9.0-rc8-all -> 4.9~rc8-1~exp1 with priority 500
     linux-headers-4.9.0-rc8-common -> 4.9~rc8-1~exp1 with priority 500
     linux-image-4.9.0-rc8-amd64-unsigned -> 4.9~rc8-1~exp1 with priority 500

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On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 08:43:35AM +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On 2016-12-12 20:25, Perl wrote:
> >    * What led up to the situation?
> >    I noticed, since long time ago, that I was not anymore able to use
> >    Apt-Pinning for installing packages from Stable and Testing Releases.
> >    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> >      ineffective)?
> >      Everytime I try to use "APT-Pinning", I do not get what I want.
> >      Even if I try /testing or -t testing, or any Release other than
> >      Experimental, I only get error or Experimental list of packages.
> >      Finally, apt-cache policy only return Sid and Experimental
> > packages.
> >    * What was the outcome of this action?
> >      If I try
> > 	"apt-cache show -t testing linux-image-amd64"
> >      OR
> > 	"apt-cache show linux-image-amd64/testing"
> >      I get this with apt-get:
> > 	E: Release 'testing' for 'linux-image-amd64' was not found
> > 	E: No packages found
> 
> Well, the only testing sources.list entries listed in your report are:
> 
> > #Testing
> > deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
> > deb-src http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
> 
> So I'm not sure where you're expecting apt to find information about
> *binary* packages in testing from.

I agree with this statement and I think we can close this bug because of it.

Cheers,
Wesley

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