Bug#1100397: apt: Changelog unavailable for package (when not latest version)

[Sid T <sidtosh4@gmail.com>]

Sorry, I did search for "changelog" in the bug list, but somehow thought existing bugs were irrelevant based on bug titles.

debbugs is a nightmare (at least for me) with no issue tagging etc as in GitLab, GitHub, and I always lose hope and give up sooner than later.

On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 at 12:21, Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> wrote:

Control: forcemerge 1059954 -1

On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 11:10:09AM +0000, sidt wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 2.9.33
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: sidtosh4@gmail.com
>
> When installed package is not latest version and index is out of date, "apt
> changelog <pkg>" fails as below:
>
> Considering "apt" as package (installed=2.9.32, update=2.9.33)
>
> $ apt changelog apt
> Err:1 https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org apt 2.9.32 Changelog
>   Changelog unavailable for apt=2.9.32 (404  Not Found [IP: X.X.X.X 443])
> Error: Failed to fetch https://metadata.ftp-
> master.debian.org/changelogs/main/a/apt/apt_2.9.32_changelog  Changelog
> unavailable for apt=2.9.32 (404  Not Found [IP: X.X.X.X 443])
>
> After "apt update", it works showing 2.9.33, 2.9.32 etc. in "apt changelog".

This is already being tracked in bug 1059954, as you'd have found out
if you had looked for existing bugs mentioning "changelog" in the
subject.
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