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apt-cache policy does not reflect priority set in
/etc/apt/preferences.d/*
```
$ cat apt-bug.txt
ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Thu Oct 22 08:38:38 2020
Dependencies:
adduser 3.118ubuntu2
apt 2.1.10
apt-utils 2.1.10
ca-certificates 20200601
debconf 1.5.74
debconf-i18n 1.5.74
dpkg 1.20.5ubuntu2
gcc-10-base 10.2.0-13ubuntu1
gpgv 2.2.20-1ubuntu1
krb5-locales 1.17-10
libacl1 2.2.53-8
libapt-pkg6.0 2.1.10
libaudit-common 1:2.8.5-3ubuntu1
libaudit1 1:2.8.5-3ubuntu1
libbz2-1.0 1.0.8-4ubuntu2
libc6 2.32-0ubuntu3
libcap-ng0 0.7.9-2.2
libcom-err2 1.45.6-1ubuntu1
libcrypt1 1:4.4.16-1ubuntu1
libdb5.3 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.6ubuntu3
libffi8ubuntu1 3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu3
libgcc-s1 10.2.0-13ubuntu1
libgcrypt20 1.8.5-5ubuntu2
libgmp10 2:6.2.0+dfsg-6ubuntu1
libgnutls30 3.6.15-4ubuntu2
libgpg-error-l10n 1.38-2
libgpg-error0 1.38-2
libgssapi-krb5-2 1.17-10
libhogweed6 3.6-2
libidn2-0 2.3.0-1
libk5crypto3 1.17-10
libkeyutils1 1.6.1-2ubuntu1
libkrb5-3 1.17-10
libkrb5support0 1.17-10
liblocale-gettext-perl 1.07-4
liblz4-1 1.9.2-2
liblzma5 5.2.4-1ubuntu1
libnettle8 3.6-2
libnsl2 1.3.0-0ubuntu3
libnss-nis 3.1-0ubuntu4
libnss-nisplus 1.3-0ubuntu4
libp11-kit0 0.23.21-2build1
libpam-modules 1.3.1-5ubuntu6
libpam-modules-bin 1.3.1-5ubuntu6
libpam0g 1.3.1-5ubuntu6
libpcre2-8-0 10.34-7
libseccomp2 2.4.3-1ubuntu4
libselinux1 3.1-2
libsemanage-common 3.1-1
libsemanage1 3.1-1
libsepol1 3.1-1
libssl1.1 1.1.1f-1ubuntu4
libstdc++6 10.2.0-13ubuntu1
libsystemd0 246.6-1ubuntu1 [origin: Ubuntu]
libtasn1-6 4.16.0-2
libtext-charwidth-perl 0.04-10
libtext-iconv-perl 1.7-7
libtext-wrapi18n-perl 0.06-9
libtirpc-common 1.2.6-1build1
libtirpc3 1.2.6-1build1
libudev1 246.6-1ubuntu1 [origin: Ubuntu]
libunistring2 0.9.10-4
libzstd1 1.4.5+dfsg-4
openssl 1.1.1f-1ubuntu4
passwd 1:4.8.1-1ubuntu6
perl-base 5.30.3-4
tar 1.30+dfsg-7
ubuntu-keyring 2020.06.17.1
zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu4
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-12 (9 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Beta amd64 (20200930)
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair system76_io
Package: apt 2.1.10
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcCpuinfoMinimal:
processor : 11
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 158
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz
stepping : 10
microcode : 0xd6
cpu MHz : 3897.986
cache size : 9216 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 12
core id : 5
cpu cores : 6
apicid : 11
initial apicid : 11
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 22
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb
rdtscp lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology
nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2
ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt
tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch
cpuid_fault epb invpcid_single pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi
flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms
invpcid mpx rdseed adx smap clflushopt intel_pt xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves
dtherm ida arat pln pts hwp hwp_notify hwp_act_window hwp_epp md_clear flush_l1d
vmx flags : vnmi preemption_timer invvpid ept_x_only ept_ad ept_1gb
flexpriority tsc_offset vtpr mtf vapic ept vpid unrestricted_guest ple pml
ept_mode_based_exec
bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds
swapgs itlb_multihit srbds
bogomips : 4399.99
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-25.26-generic 5.8.14
SourcePackage: apt
Tags: groovy third-party-packages
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-25-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
_MarkForUpload: True
modified.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf:
# map crash database names to CrashDatabase implementations and URLs
default = 'ubuntu'
def get_oem_project():
'''Determine OEM project name from Distribution Channel Descriptor
Return None if it cannot be determined or does not exist.
'''
try:
dcd = open('/var/lib/ubuntu_dist_channel').read()
if dcd.startswith('canonical-oem-'):
return dcd.split('-')[2]
except IOError:
return None
databases = {
'ubuntu': {
'impl': 'launchpad',
'bug_pattern_url':
'http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/bugpatterns/bugpatterns.xml',
'dupdb_url':
'http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/apport-duplicates',
'distro': 'ubuntu',
'problem_types': ['Bug', 'Package', 'Crash'],
'escalation_tag': 'bugpattern-needed',
'escalated_tag': 'bugpattern-written',
},
'canonical-oem': {
'impl': 'launchpad',
'bug_pattern_url':
'http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/bugpatterns/bugpatterns.xml',
'project': get_oem_project(),
},
'debug': {
# for debugging
'impl': 'memory',
'bug_pattern_url': '/tmp/bugpatterns.xml',
'distro': 'debug'
},
}
mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2020-10-19T18:45:48.855219
```
Example:
```
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76/pop/ubuntu groovy/main amd64 Packages
[44.4 kB]
Get:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76/pop/ubuntu groovy/main Translation-en
[18.1 kB]
Hit:11 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy InRelease
Hit:12 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-updates InRelease
Hit:13 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-backports InRelease
Get:14 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-security InRelease [88.4 kB]
Hit:15 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed InRelease
Hit:17 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod bionic InRelease
Hit:18 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu groovy InRelease
Hit:16 https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian jessie InRelease
Fetched 151 kB in 6s (26.2 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
26 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
avery@ChubbyChipmunk:/etc/apt/preferences.d$ apt-cache policy
Package files:
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
release a=now
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/y-ppa-manager/ubuntu focal/main amd64
Packages
release v=20.04,o=LP-PPA-webupd8team-y-ppa-manager,a=focal,n=focal,l=Y PPA
Manager,c=main,b=amd64
origin ppa.launchpad.net
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76/pop/ubuntu groovy/main amd64 Packages
release v=20.10,o=LP-PPA-system76-pop,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Pop!_OS
PPA,c=main,b=amd64
origin ppa.launchpad.net
500 https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian jessie/main amd64
Packages
release
v=1,o=packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack,a=jessie,n=jessie,l=slack,c=main,b=amd64
origin packagecloud.io
500 http://apt.pop-os.org/proprietary groovy/main amd64 Packages
release v=20.10,o=system76,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=System76,c=main,b=amd64
origin apt.pop-os.org
500 https://download.mono-project.com/repo/ubuntu stable-focal/main amd64
Packages
release
v=20.04,o=XamarinFocal,a=stable-focal,n=focal,l=Xamarin-Stable-Focal,c=main,b=amd64
origin download.mono-project.com
500 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod bionic/main amd64 Packages
release o=microsoft-ubuntu-bionic-prod
bionic,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=microsoft-ubuntu-bionic-prod bionic,c=main,b=amd64
origin packages.microsoft.com
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/linuxuprising/shutter/ubuntu groovy/main amd64
Packages
release v=20.10,o=LP-PPA-linuxuprising-shutter,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Shutter
screenshot tool and dependencies,c=main,b=amd64
origin ppa.launchpad.net
500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable/main amd64 Packages
release v=1.0,o=Google LLC,a=stable,n=stable,l=Google,c=main,b=amd64
origin dl.google.com
500
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_20.04
Packages
release
o=obs://build.opensuse.org/devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable/xUbuntu_20.04,n=xUbuntu_20.04,l=devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable,c=
origin download.opensuse.org
500 http://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/mssql-server-2019 bionic/main
amd64 Packages
release o=mssql-server-2019-bionic
bionic,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=mssql-server-2019-bionic bionic,c=main,b=amd64
origin packages.microsoft.com
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed/main i386 Packages
release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-proposed,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=i386
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed/main amd64 Packages
release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-proposed,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed/multiverse i386 Packages
release
v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-proposed,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=i386
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed/multiverse amd64
Packages
release
v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-proposed,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed/restricted i386 Packages
release
v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-proposed,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=i386
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed/restricted amd64
Packages
release
v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-proposed,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed/universe i386 Packages
release
v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-proposed,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=i386
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed/universe amd64 Packages
release
v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-proposed,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-security/universe i386 Packages
release
v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-security,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=i386
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-security/universe amd64 Packages
release
v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-security,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-security/main i386 Packages
release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-security,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=i386
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-security/main amd64 Packages
release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-security,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu groovy/partner amd64 Packages
release v=20.10,o=Canonical,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Partner
archive,c=partner,b=amd64
origin archive.canonical.com
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/multiverse i386 Packages
release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=i386
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/multiverse amd64 Packages
release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/universe i386 Packages
release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=i386
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/universe amd64 Packages
release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/restricted i386 Packages
release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=i386
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/restricted amd64 Packages
release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/main i386 Packages
release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=i386
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/main amd64 Packages
release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64
origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu
Pinned packages:
```
The nothing.
```
$ apt-cache policy apt
apt:
Installed: 2.1.10
Candidate: 2.1.10
Version table:
*** 2.1.10 500
500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 20.10
Release: 20.10
$ uname -a
Linux ChubbyChipmunk 5.8.0-25-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 15 10:30:38 UTC
2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
```
What is going on ?!
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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apt preferences files do nothing re: apt-cache policy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901053
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