Bug#770017: Pinning by glob and version yields unexpected effects

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: Bug#770017: Pinning by glob and version yields unexpected effects
From: Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 11:06:12 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20141118100612.11140.2942.reportbug@kirk>
Reply-to: Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org>, 770017@bugs.debian.org
Package: apt
Version: 1.0.9.3
Severity: normal

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Hi,

I’m trying to avoid a bug in evolution-data-server version 3.12.7.1-2.
That package is actually split in many, so I tried to avoid listing all
of them and specified

Package: /.*/
Pin: version 3.12.7.1-2
Pin-Priority: -1

in my apt-preferences, hoping that this version number is unique, and
under that assumption expecting this to apply to e-d-s packages only.

It works for e-d-s. Without:

$ LANG=C apt-cache policy evolution-data-server
evolution-data-server:
  Installed: 3.12.7.1-1
  Candidate: 3.12.7.1-2
  Version table:
     3.12.7.1-2 0
        500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ sid/main amd64 Packages
 *** 3.12.7.1-1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

With:

$ LANG=C apt-cache policy evolution-data-server
evolution-data-server:
  Installed: 3.12.7.1-1
  Candidate: 3.12.7.1-1
  Package pin: 3.12.7.1-2
  Version table:
     3.12.7.1-2 -1
        500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ sid/main amd64 Packages
 *** 3.12.7.1-1 -1
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


Unfortunately and unexpectedly, this has effects on other packages as
well. Without this:

$ LANG=C apt-cache policy perl
perl:
  Installed: 5.20.1-2
  Candidate: 5.20.1-3
  Version table:
     5.20.1-3 0
        500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ sid/main amd64 Packages
 *** 5.20.1-2 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

With this:

$ LANG=C apt-cache policy perl
perl:
  Installed: 5.20.1-2
  Candidate: 5.20.1-2
  Package pin: (not found)
  Version table:
     5.20.1-3 -1
        500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ sid/main amd64 Packages
 *** 5.20.1-2 -1
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Note that it does not want to upgrade perl any more.

Greetings,
Joachim


- -- 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::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-3\.16-3-amd64$";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages "";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image-extra";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-signed-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "gnumach-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-modules";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-backports-modules-.*";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-tools";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections "";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs";
APT::Architectures "";
APT::Architectures:: "amd64";
APT::Architectures:: "i386";
APT::Architectures:: "armhf";
APT::Compressor "";
APT::Compressor::. "";
APT::Compressor::.::Name ".";
APT::Compressor::.::Extension "";
APT::Compressor::.::Binary "";
APT::Compressor::.::Cost "1";
APT::Compressor::gzip "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Name "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Extension ".gz";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Binary "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Cost "2";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg:: "-9n";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::bzip2 "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Name "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Extension ".bz2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Binary "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Cost "3";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg:: "-9";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::xz "";
APT::Compressor::xz::Name "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Extension ".xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Cost "4";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg:: "-6";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::lzma "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Name "lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Extension ".lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Cost "5";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "-9";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "-d";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/";
Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states";
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::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg";
Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::solvers "";
Dir::Bin::solvers:: "/usr/lib/apt/solvers";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Bin::bzip2 "/bin/bzip2";
Dir::Bin::xz "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Bin::lzma "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/cdrom";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently "";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.distUpgrade$";
Acquire "";
Acquire::cdrom "";
Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom";
Acquire::PDiffs "false";
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "en";
Acquire::Languages:: "de";
Acquire::Languages:: "none";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Invoke "";
DPkg::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "adequate --help >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0; exec adequate --debconf --user nobody --pending";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "[ ! -e /usr/bin/how-can-i-help ] || /usr/bin/how-can-i-help";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "adequate --help >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0; exec adequate --user nobody --apt-preinst";
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::adequate "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::adequate::Version "2";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
RPM "";
RPM::Pre-Invoke "";
RPM::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi";
RPM::Post-Invoke "";
RPM::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi";
Adequate "";
Adequate::Enabled "false";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";

- -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


- -- /etc/apt/sources.list --

# 

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Wheezy_ - Official Snapshot amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20120807-15:25]/ wheezy main

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Wheezy_ - Official Snapshot amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20120807-15:25]/ wheezy main

deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ sid main non-free contrib
deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian/ sid main non-free contrib

deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib
deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib

#deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://deb.haskell.org/stable/  ./

#deb     http://toolchains.secretsauce.net unstable main
#deb-src http://toolchains.secretsauce.net unstable main

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
armhf

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2014.1
ii  gnupg                   1.4.18-4
ii  libapt-pkg4.12          1.0.9.3
ii  libc6                   2.19-13
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.9.2-1
ii  libstdc++6              4.9.2-1

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc     <none>
ii  aptitude    0.6.11-1+b1
ii  dpkg-dev    1.17.21
ii  python-apt  0.9.3.11

- -- no debconf information

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1

iEYEARECAAYFAlRrGhIACgkQ9ijrk0dDIGzhrwCeKwdkI3iQlOJvy2+uYXybTMjq
RY8AoMiNcS/oHikC8xj5fRW8V0s/JJc4
=ky6/
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Reply to:
Follow-Ups:
- Processed: Re: Bug#770017: Pinning by glob and version yields unexpected effects
  - From: owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System)
- Bug#770017: Pinning by glob and version yields unexpected effects
  - From: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Prev by Date: offizielle sieger
Next by Date: Processed: Re: Bug#770017: Pinning by glob and version yields unexpected effects
Previous by thread: offizielle sieger
Next by thread: Processed: Re: Bug#770017: Pinning by glob and version yields unexpected effects
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread