Bug#858337: apt-show-versions: wrong output when version of an installed package is missing from the Packages files

[Christoph Martin]

Hi Vincent,

Am 11.07.23 um 00:46 schrieb Vincent Lefevre:

cventin:~> apt-show-versions -a libreoffice-common
libreoffice-common:all 4:7.5.4-4 install ok installed
libreoffice-common:all 4:7.4.5-3     stable       ftp.debian.org
No stable-updates version
libreoffice-common:all 4:7.4.5-3     testing      ftp.debian.org
libreoffice-common:all 4:7.4.5-3     unstable     ftp.debian.org
libreoffice-common:all 4:7.5.5~rc1-2 experimental ftp.debian.org
libreoffice-common:all/experimental *manually* upgradeable from 4:7.5.4-4 to 
4:7.5.5~rc1-2

But this looks correct. The latest version in stable, testing or unstable is 7.4.5-3. Your installed version is 7.5.4-4 which is newer than the latest version in unstabled. Therefore, asv says that you could upgrade to the experimental version. It says *manually* because your normal distribution is not experimental.

cventin:~> apt-show-versions -a libreoffice
libreoffice:amd64 4:7.5.4-4 install ok installed
libreoffice:amd64 4:7.4.5-3     stable       ftp.debian.org
No stable-updates version
libreoffice:amd64 4:7.4.5-3     testing      ftp.debian.org
libreoffice:amd64 4:7.5.4-4     unstable     ftp.debian.org
libreoffice:amd64 4:7.5.5~rc1-2 experimental ftp.debian.org
libreoffice:amd64/unstable 4:7.5.4-4 uptodate
libreoffice:i386 4:7.4.5-3     stable       ftp.debian.org
No stable-updates version
libreoffice:i386 4:7.4.5-3     testing      ftp.debian.org
libreoffice:i386 4:7.4.5-3     unstable     ftp.debian.org
libreoffice:i386 4:7.5.5~rc1-2 experimental ftp.debian.org
libreoffice:i386 not installed

Christoph

So the problem look like, libreoffice-common:all 4:7.5.4-4 hat been in unstable and you installed this version, and then it was removed again.

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