APT ordering of reposiitories

[Bill Purvis]

On 01/05/2020 13:17, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> On Fri, 1 May 2020 12:37:26 +0100, Bill Purvis wrote:
>> apt upgrade iproute2
> Try running
>
>    sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Tried that, makes no difference
>> For background information:
>> I'm actually running Linux Mint 19.3 here, and the two machines got
>> there by different routes - the one with the latest version was an
>> upgrade from 18.3 whereas the other was installed from the Mint 19
>> image. Both came up as 18.1 and then I ran apt dist-upgrade to get to
>> 19.3.
> Mint isn't an Ubuntu flavour. There are no 18.1, 18.3 or 19.3 releases
> available of whatsoever Ubuntu flavour.
Yes,  appreciate that but the packages involved are from the Ubuntu distros.
>
> iproute2
>
> 4.15.0-2ubuntu1 is available by
> https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/iproute2
>
> 4.18.0-1ubuntu2~ubuntu18.04.1 is provided via
> https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic-backports/iproute2
>
> 4.18.0-1ubuntu2 is in
> https://packages.ubuntu.com/disco/iproute2
>
> 4.18.0-1ubuntu2.1 is accessible when using
> https://packages.ubuntu.com/disco-updates/iproute2
>
> 4.18.0-1ubuntu2~ubuntu18 isn't provided by any repository at all, see
> https://packages.ubuntu.com/
What about:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/bionic/amd64/iproute2/4.18.0-1ubuntu2~ubuntu18.04.1 
??

Found that downloaded it and it installed OK with
     dpkg -i iproute2_4.18.0-1ubuntu2~ubuntu18.04.1_amd64.deb 
<http://launchpadlibrarian.net/415980736/iproute2_4.18.0-1ubuntu2~ubuntu18.04.1_amd64.deb>

and it's listed in the backport Packages file.

> I don't know what third party repositories you are using, neither do I
> know anything regarding Mint releases.
>
> Maybe you just forgot to sync the package index files, maybe something
> else is fishy.
OK, thanks for responding. Just thought there might be a good reason for the
problem. Maybe it's a bug in the Mint version of apt?

Many thanks, I see how to sort it out manually now.

Bill

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