Package version differences between 14.04.4 iso and repo that apt-mirror downloaded

[C de-Avillez]

On Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:16:35 -0500
Russell Jones <russell-list at jonesmail.me> wrote:

>  
> 
> Hi all, 
> 
> I am a bit new to Ubuntu administration (I'm a Redhat guy), and have
> been working on a project for automated PXE installation of Ubuntu
> nodes. 
> 
> I ran into a strange issue where the gcc-4.8 version that is included
> with the latest 14.04.4 iso download differs from what apt-mirror gave
> me when I told it to mirror the "trusty" repo. Example: 
> 
> From the iso: 
> 
> [root at server main]# find . -name \*gcc-4.8\*
> ./g/gcc-4.8
> ./g/gcc-4.8/gcc-4.8_4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.1_amd64.deb
> ./g/gcc-4.8/gcc-4.8-base_4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.1_amd64.deb
> ./g/gcc-4.8/libgcc-4.8-dev_4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.1_amd64.deb 

^this is gcc version 4.8.4.

> 
> From the mirrored repo (shortened with just the base package as
> there's a lot of extras since it's the full repo): 
> 
> [root at repo pool]# find . -name \*gcc-4.8\* | grep base
> ./main/g/gcc-4.8/gcc-4.8-base_4.8.2-19ubuntu1_amd64.deb 

^this is gcc version 4.8.2

> 
> The iso was downloaded at the same time the repository was mirrored
> with apt-mirror. 
> 
> So my question is 2 fold I guess, 
> 
> 1) Why is the GCC version newer in the iso? 
> 
> 2) Why did telling apt-mirror to mirror the "Trusty" repository not
> grab the 4.8.4 version? 

For both questions: it seems your mirroring did not grab the security
and update pockets. So the ISO has 4.8.4, while the main pocket has
4.8.2.

rmadison shows this:

$ rmadison gcc-4.8
 gcc-4.8 | 4.8.2-19ubuntu1        | trusty           | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, powerpc, ppc64el
 gcc-4.8 | 4.8.4-1ubuntu15        | vivid/universe   | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, powerpc, ppc64el
 gcc-4.8 | 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3 | trusty-security  | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, powerpc, ppc64el
 gcc-4.8 | 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3 | trusty-updates   | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, powerpc, ppc64el
 gcc-4.8 | 4.8.5-1ubuntu1         | wily/universe    | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, powerpc, ppc64el
 gcc-4.8 | 4.8.5-4ubuntu2         | xenial/universe  | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, powerpc, ppc64el, s390x
 gcc-4.8 | 4.8.5-4ubuntu4         | yakkety/universe | source, amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, powerpc, ppc64el, s390x

Cheers,

..C..
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