Can't get rid of precise-proposed

[C de-Avillez]

On Tue, 7 Aug 2012 23:12:13 +0200
Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:

> Helmut Schneider wrote:
> > Nils Kassube wrote:
> > > Helmut Schneider wrote:
> > > > helmut at ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude show postfix
> > > > Package: postfix
> > > > State: not installed
> > > > Version: 2.9.3-2~12.04.2
> > > 
> > > That doesn't look like a package from proposed:
> > > 
> > > nils at alix33:~$ LC_ALL=C apt-cache policy postfix
> > > postfix:
> > >   Installed: 2.9.3-2~12.04.2
> > >   Candidate: 2.9.3-2~12.04.2
> > >   Version table:
> > >  *** 2.9.3-2~12.04.2 0
> > >         500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
> > >         precise-updates/main
> > > i386 Packages
> > 
> > But:
> > 
> > helmut at ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get changelog postfix
> > postfix (2.9.3-2~12.04.2) precise-proposed; urgency=low
> > [...]
> > helmut at ubuntu:~$
> > 
> > Or is the "precise-proposed" misleading?
> 
> I suppose that this package was sent to proposed first with the 
> appropriate changelog entry and later it was moved to updates without
> an additional changelog entry. Then I wouldn't say that the changelog
> is misleading. But maybe someone else can tell you what should be in
> the changelog. Anyway, I wouldn't use the changelog to determine the 
> repository providing a package.


All package updates on a stable release are first sent to -proposed;
this means that the changelog for the source *must* point to the
respective -proposed for this build. 

After being approved, they are moved to -updates. The changelog is
*not* updated (so it keeps pointing to whatever was the target when the
package was built last).

A bettter indicator of the packages being considered for install is
'atp-cache':

cerdea at jiufeng:/var/log/jenkins$ 
cerdea at jiufeng:/var/log/jenkins$ apt-cache policy postfix
postfix:
  Installed: 2.9.3-2~12.04.1
  Candidate: 2.9.3-2~12.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 2.9.3-2~12.04.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.9.1-4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
cerdea at jiufeng:/var/log/jenkins$ 

(This is a production system, and updates are controlled).

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