[Bug 1901053] Re: apt preferences files do nothing re: apt-cache policy

Julian Andres Klode 1901053 at bugs.launchpad.net
Fri Oct 23 15:59:25 UTC 2020


Without including a preference file in the bug report, it's hard to say
what should happen.

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Description changed:

  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
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-  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
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-  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
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-  libunistring2 0.9.10-4
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-  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 at ChubbyChipmunk:/etc/apt/preferences.d$ apt-cache policy
  
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+  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 ?!
+   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/statu

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Title:
  apt preferences files do nothing re: apt-cache policy

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  apt-cache policy does not reflect priority set in
  /etc/apt/preferences.d/*

  avery at 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:

  $ 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/statu

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