Package: apt
Version: 2.2.4
Severity: minor
On a system with bullseye and bullseye-backports,
I wanted to source the latest vlc apt had anywhere (backports or not).
That is, temporarily override any pinning.
$ apt source -t/./ vlc # gives confusing error (see below)
$ apt download -t/./ vlc # works as expected
The expected behaviour is that --target-release works the same for "apt source"
as it does for "apt download" (or "apt install").
20:40 <juliank> twb: So source does not support regular expressions or glob
patterns in -t, APT::Default-Release
20:40 <juliank> only exact release names
20:41 <juliank> twb: presumably nobody noticed that it did its own matching :)
20:41 <twb> OK. If that's known/expected behaviour, then it's not a bug
20:42 <juliank> i think it's a bug because it's an oversight and clashes with
the release notes
20:42 <juliank> which suggested that default-release
"/^bullseye(-security|-updates)$/" works as "bullseye" would have before; but
it breaks source
Here is full transcript for bullseye:
bash5$ mmdebstrap bullseye /dev/null --customize-hook='chroot $1 apt
download -t/./ vlc' --customize-hook='chroot $1 apt source -t/./ vlc' 'deb
http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main' 'deb-src
http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main'
I: automatically chosen mode: unshare
I: chroot architecture amd64 is equal to the host's architecture
I: automatically chosen format: tar
I: using /tmp/mmdebstrap.FcuegMKvYL as tempdir
I: running apt-get update...
done
I: downloading packages with apt...
done
I: extracting archives...
done
I: installing essential packages...
done
I: downloading apt...
done
I: installing apt...
done
I: installing remaining packages inside the chroot...
done
done
--> I: running --customize-hook in shell: sh -c 'chroot $1 apt download
-t/./ vlc' exec /tmp/mmdebstrap.FcuegMKvYL
--> Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main amd64 vlc amd64
3.0.16-1 [144 kB]
Fetched 144 kB in 0s (1526 kB/s)
W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file
'//vlc_3.0.16-1_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. -
pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
--> I: running --customize-hook in shell: sh -c 'chroot $1 apt source -t/./
vlc' exec /tmp/mmdebstrap.FcuegMKvYL
--> Reading package lists... Done
E: Unable to find a source package for vlc
E: run_chroot failed: E: command failed: chroot $1 apt source -t/./ vlc
W: listening on child socket failed:
I: removing tempdir /tmp/mmdebstrap.FcuegMKvYL...
Here is a full transcript for sid:
bash5$ mmdebstrap unstable /dev/null --customize-hook='chroot $1 apt
download -t/./ vlc' --customize-hook='chroot $1 apt source -t/./ vlc' 'deb
http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main' 'deb-src
http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main'
I: automatically chosen mode: unshare
I: chroot architecture amd64 is equal to the host's architecture
I: automatically chosen format: tar
I: using /tmp/mmdebstrap.nTcELCiBZM as tempdir
I: running apt-get update...
done
I: downloading packages with apt...
done
I: extracting archives...
done
I: installing essential packages...
done
I: downloading apt...
done
I: installing apt...
done
I: installing remaining packages inside the chroot...
done
done
--> I: running --customize-hook in shell: sh -c 'chroot $1 apt download
-t/./ vlc' exec /tmp/mmdebstrap.nTcELCiBZM
--> Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 vlc amd64
3.0.16-1+b4 [145 kB]
Fetched 145 kB in 0s (1443 kB/s)
W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file
'//vlc_3.0.16-1+b4_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. -
pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
--> I: running --customize-hook in shell: sh -c 'chroot $1 apt source -t/./
vlc' exec /tmp/mmdebstrap.nTcELCiBZM
--> Reading package lists... Done
--> E: Can not find version '3.0.16-1' of package 'vlc'
--> E: Unable to find a source package for vlc
E: run_chroot failed: E: command failed: chroot $1 apt source -t/./ vlc
W: listening on child socket failed:
I: removing tempdir /tmp/mmdebstrap.nTcELCiBZM...
bash5$
