Package: apt Version: 0.5.27 Severity: normal apt-get sometimes refuses to upgrade some packages to the latest version in testing, even if newer versions exists and apt-cache policy confirms that. Take a look at this:
sid:~# apt-get update Hit http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se unstable/main Packages Hit http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se unstable/main Release Hit http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se unstable/contrib Packages Hit http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se unstable/contrib Release Hit http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se unstable/non-free Packages Hit http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se unstable/non-free Release Hit http://www.tux.org unstable/non-free Packages Hit http://www.tux.org unstable/non-free Release Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Sources Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org testing/main Packages Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org testing/main Release Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Release Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Sources Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org testing/contrib Packages Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org testing/contrib Release Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Release Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Sources Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Release Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org testing/non-free Packages Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org testing/non-free Release Hit http://http.us.debian.org experimental/main Sources Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/main Packages Hit http://http.us.debian.org experimental/main Release Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/main Release Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages Hit http://http.us.debian.org experimental/contrib Sources Hit http://http.us.debian.org experimental/contrib Release Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/contrib Release Hit http://http.us.debian.org experimental/non-free Sources Hit http://http.us.debian.org experimental/non-free Release Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/non-free Release Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org experimental/main Packages Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org experimental/main Release Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org experimental/contrib Packages Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org experimental/contrib Release Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org experimental/non-free Packages Hit http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org experimental/non-free Release Reading Package Lists... Done sid:~# apt-cache policy autofs autofs: Installed: 4.1.3-5 Candidate: 4.1.3-5 Version Table: 4.1.3-6 0 50 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org testing/main Packages 50 http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se unstable/main Packages 50 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/main Packages *** 4.1.3-5 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status sid:~# apt-get install autofs Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done autofs is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. sid:~# Why isn't autofs upgraded??? I have only seen this on amd64 and not on i386. / Anders -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; 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::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 50 Package: * Pin: release a=experimental Pin-Priority: 40 Package: * Pin: release a=testing-proposed-updates Pin-Priority: 51 -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- # See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs # CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool. ################## # testing ################## #deb http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/sarge testing main contrib non-free deb http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/pure64 testing main contrib non-free ################## # unstable ################## deb http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se/pure64 unstable main contrib non-free deb http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/pure64 unstable main contrib non-free ################## # unstable source ################## #deb-src http://bach.hpc2n.umu.se/pure64 unstable main #deb-src http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/pure64 unstable main deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free ################## # experimental ################## #deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian ../project/experimental main contrib non-free deb http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/pure64 experimental main contrib non-free ################## # experimental source ################## deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free ################## # other ################## # BlackDown Java Linux #deb http://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian testing main non-free #deb http://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian unstable main non-free deb http://www.tux.org/pub/java/debian unstable non-free # deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian testing non-free -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.9 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (ignored: LC_ALL set to sv_SE) Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.4.2-3 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information
