Package: apt Version: 2.2.4 Severity: normal
Dear maintainer, APT does not consider package versions from debian-security for updates unless I change the priority assigned to these package versions to a more appropriate value with a preference configuration file (see the preferences.d/debian-security.disabled file below). After adding this file I could easily install the security updates I had missed untill then by running `aptitude upgrade` as I usually do. At some point APT was proposing to upgrade firefox-esr to the version found in unstable while ignoring the version in debian-security. I was recently in the process of upgrading from oldstable to stable which might have caused this particular behavior, and found out about the debian-security issue while trouble-shooting this. I remain available should you need any further information. Cheers, -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "1"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Sandbox ""; APT::Sandbox::User "_apt"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-[a-z0-9]*$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-[a-z0-9]*-[a-z0-9]*$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-extra-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-extra-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-unsigned-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-unsigned-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-.*-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-.*-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-cloud-tools-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-cloud-tools-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-buildinfo-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-buildinfo-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-source-4\.19\.0-17-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-source-5\.10\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages ""; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-.*"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-.*"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "gnumach-.*"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-modules"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections ""; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "contrib/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "non-free/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections ""; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "contrib/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "non-free/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs"; APT::Default-Release "bullseye"; APT::Architectures ""; APT::Architectures:: "amd64"; APT::Compressor ""; APT::Compressor::. 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