Package: apt Version: 0.9.3 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
I expect this applies to network problem other than unreachable proxy (easily simulated by editing /etc/hosts). After a successful apt-get update: root@porty:/home/michael# cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/notunstable Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 470 root@porty:/home/michael# apt-cache policy Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jeremy-visser/python-iview/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages release v=11.04,o=LP-PPA-jeremy-visser-python-iview,a=natty,n=natty,l=Python-iView,c=main origin ppa.launchpad.net 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/bartbes/love-unstable/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages release v=11.04,o=LP-PPA-bartbes-love-unstable,a=natty,n=natty,l=love-unstable,c=main origin ppa.launchpad.net 500 http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages release v=1.0,o=Google, Inc.,a=stable,n=stable,l=Google,c=main origin dl.google.com 500 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages release v=1.0,o=Google, Inc.,a=stable,n=stable,l=Google,c=main origin dl.google.com 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ unstable/non-free Translation-en 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ unstable/contrib Translation-en 470 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ unstable/contrib i386 Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=contrib origin ftp.iinet.net.au 470 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ unstable/non-free i386 Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=non-free origin ftp.iinet.net.au 470 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=main origin ftp.iinet.net.au 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ unstable/non-free Translation-en 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ unstable/main Translation-en 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ unstable/contrib Translation-en 470 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ unstable/contrib i386 Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=contrib origin mirror.waia.asn.au 470 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ unstable/non-free i386 Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=non-free origin mirror.waia.asn.au 470 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=main origin mirror.waia.asn.au 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/non-free i386 Packages release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian-Security,c=non-free origin security.debian.org 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/contrib i386 Packages release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian-Security,c=contrib origin security.debian.org 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main i386 Packages release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian-Security,c=main origin security.debian.org 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ wheezy/non-free Translation-en 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ wheezy/contrib Translation-en 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ wheezy/contrib i386 Packages release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=contrib origin ftp.iinet.net.au 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ wheezy/non-free i386 Packages release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=non-free origin ftp.iinet.net.au 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=main origin ftp.iinet.net.au 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ wheezy/non-free Translation-en 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ wheezy/main Translation-en 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ wheezy/contrib Translation-en 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ wheezy/contrib i386 Packages release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=contrib origin mirror.waia.asn.au 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ wheezy/non-free i386 Packages release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=non-free origin mirror.waia.asn.au 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=main origin mirror.waia.asn.au Pinned packages: root@porty:/home/michael# apt-cache policy cheese cheese: Installed: 3.4.0-2 Candidate: 3.4.1-1+b1 Version table: 3.4.2-1 0 470 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages 470 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages 3.4.1-1+b1 0 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages *** 3.4.0-2 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status root@porty:/home/michael# After an unsuccessful apt-get update (eg. because of network trouble): root@porty:/home/michael# apt-get update Err http://dl.google.com stable InRelease Err http://dl.google.com stable InRelease Err http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' Err http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' Err http://ppa.launchpad.net natty InRelease Err http://ppa.launchpad.net natty InRelease Err http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' Err http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' Err http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates InRelease Err http://ftp.iinet.net.au wheezy InRelease Err http://ftp.iinet.net.au unstable InRelease Err http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' Err http://ftp.iinet.net.au wheezy Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' Err http://ftp.iinet.net.au unstable Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' Err http://mirror.waia.asn.au wheezy InRelease Err http://mirror.waia.asn.au unstable InRelease Err http://mirror.waia.asn.au wheezy Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' Err http://mirror.waia.asn.au unstable Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' Reading package lists... Done W: Failed to fetch http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/dists/wheezy/InRelease W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/dists/wheezy/InRelease W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/wheezy/updates/InRelease W: Failed to fetch http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/dists/unstable/InRelease W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/dists/unstable/InRelease W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/dists/stable/InRelease W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/dists/stable/InRelease W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/bartbes/love-unstable/ubuntu/dists/natty/InRelease W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/jeremy-visser/python-iview/ubuntu/dists/natty/InRelease W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/dists/stable/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/dists/stable/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/bartbes/love-unstable/ubuntu/dists/natty/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/jeremy-visser/python-iview/ubuntu/dists/natty/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/wheezy/updates/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/dists/wheezy/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/dists/unstable/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' W: Failed to fetch http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/dists/wheezy/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' W: Failed to fetch http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/dists/unstable/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'yipyip' W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. root@porty:/home/michael# apt-cache policy Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jeremy-visser/python-iview/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages release v=11.04,o=LP-PPA-jeremy-visser-python-iview,a=natty,n=natty,l=Python-iView,c=main origin ppa.launchpad.net 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/bartbes/love-unstable/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages release v=11.04,o=LP-PPA-bartbes-love-unstable,a=natty,n=natty,l=love-unstable,c=main origin ppa.launchpad.net 500 http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages release v=1.0,o=Google, Inc.,a=stable,n=stable,l=Google,c=main origin dl.google.com 500 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages release v=1.0,o=Google, Inc.,a=stable,n=stable,l=Google,c=main origin dl.google.com 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ unstable/non-free Translation-en 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ unstable/contrib Translation-en 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ unstable/contrib i386 Packages origin ftp.iinet.net.au 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ unstable/non-free i386 Packages origin ftp.iinet.net.au 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages origin ftp.iinet.net.au 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ unstable/non-free Translation-en 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ unstable/main Translation-en 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ unstable/contrib Translation-en 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ unstable/contrib i386 Packages origin mirror.waia.asn.au 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ unstable/non-free i386 Packages origin mirror.waia.asn.au 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages origin mirror.waia.asn.au 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/non-free i386 Packages origin security.debian.org 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/contrib i386 Packages origin security.debian.org 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main i386 Packages origin security.debian.org 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ wheezy/non-free Translation-en 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ wheezy/contrib Translation-en 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ wheezy/contrib i386 Packages origin ftp.iinet.net.au 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ wheezy/non-free i386 Packages origin ftp.iinet.net.au 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages origin ftp.iinet.net.au 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ wheezy/non-free Translation-en 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ wheezy/main Translation-en 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ wheezy/contrib Translation-en 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ wheezy/contrib i386 Packages origin mirror.waia.asn.au 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ wheezy/non-free i386 Packages origin mirror.waia.asn.au 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages origin mirror.waia.asn.au Pinned packages: root@porty:/home/michael# apt-cache policy cheese cheese: Installed: 3.4.0-2 Candidate: 3.4.2-1 Version table: 3.4.2-1 0 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages 3.4.1-1+b1 0 500 http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages *** 3.4.0-2 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status root@porty:/home/michael# If the network is fixed in between update and upgrade, then it's possible to accidentally (and undesirably) upgrade a bunch of packages to their unstable versions. -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "0"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image.*"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections ""; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs"; APT::Get ""; APT::Get::Purge "true"; APT::Periodic ""; APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1"; APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1"; APT::Architectures ""; APT::Architectures:: "i386"; APT::Compressor ""; APT::Compressor::. ""; APT::Compressor::.::Name "."; APT::Compressor::.::Extension ""; APT::Compressor::.::Binary ""; APT::Compressor::.::Cost "1"; APT::Compressor::gzip ""; APT::Compressor::gzip::Name "gzip"; APT::Compressor::gzip::Extension ".gz"; APT::Compressor::gzip::Binary "gzip"; APT::Compressor::gzip::Cost "2"; APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg:: "-9n"; APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg:: "-d"; APT::Compressor::bzip2 ""; APT::Compressor::bzip2::Name "bzip2"; APT::Compressor::bzip2::Extension ".bz2"; APT::Compressor::bzip2::Binary "bzip2"; APT::Compressor::bzip2::Cost "3"; APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg:: "-9"; APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg:: "-d"; APT::Compressor::xz ""; APT::Compressor::xz::Name "xz"; APT::Compressor::xz::Extension ".xz"; APT::Compressor::xz::Binary "xz"; APT::Compressor::xz::Cost "4"; APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg:: "-6"; APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg:: "-d"; APT::Compressor::lzma ""; APT::Compressor::lzma::Name "lzma"; APT::Compressor::lzma::Extension ".lzma"; APT::Compressor::lzma::Binary "xz"; APT::Compressor::lzma::Cost "5"; APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "--format=lzma"; APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "-9"; APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "--format=lzma"; APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "-d"; APT::Compressor::::Name ""; APT::Compressor::::Extension "."; APT::Compressor::::Binary ""; APT::Compressor::::Cost "100"; APT::Compressor::::CompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::::CompressArg:: "-9"; APT::Compressor::::UncompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::::UncompressArg:: "-d"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/"; Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d"; Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg"; Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::solvers ""; Dir::Bin::solvers:: "/usr/lib/apt/solvers"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Bin::bzip2 "/bin/bzip2"; Dir::Bin::xz "/usr/bin/xz"; Dir::Media ""; Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; Dir::Log::History "history.log"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently ""; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$"; Acquire ""; Acquire::cdrom ""; Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom/"; Acquire::http ""; Acquire::http::Proxy "http://yipyip:3142/"; Acquire::Languages ""; Acquire::Languages:: "en"; Acquire::Languages:: "none"; Unattended-Upgrade ""; Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern ""; Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "origin=Debian,archive=stable,label=Debian-Security"; Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "o=Debian,n=wheezy"; Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "o=Debian,n=wheezy-updates"; Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "o=Debian,n=wheezy-proposed-updates"; Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "o=Debian,n=wheezy,l=Debian-Security"; Unattended-Upgrade::Mail "root@localhost"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/localepurge ] && [ $(ps w -p $PPID | grep -c remove) != 1 ]; then /usr/sbin/localepurge; else exit 0; fi"; CommandLine ""; CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- ##deb http://mirrors.uwa.edu.au/debian squeeze main contrib non-free #deb http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ squeeze main non-free contrib ##deb-src http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ squeeze main non-free contrib #deb http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian squeeze main non-free contrib ##deb-src http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian squeeze main non-free contrib # #deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free ##deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free #deb http://mirrors.uwa.edu.au/debian wheezy main contrib non-free deb http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib #deb-src http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian wheezy main non-free contrib #deb-src http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian wheezy main non-free contrib deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free #deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free deb http://mirror.waia.asn.au/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian unstable main non-free contrib -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (470, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2010.08.28 ii gnupg 1.4.12-4 ii libapt-pkg4.12 0.9.3 ii libc6 2.13-32 ii libgcc1 1:4.7.0-7 ii libstdc++6 4.7.0-7 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: ii apt-doc <none> ii aptitude 0.6.7-1 ii dpkg-dev 1.16.3 ii python-apt 0.8.4 ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20110809-3 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org