Your message dated Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:04:18 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#840064: fixed in apticron 1.1.62 has caused the Debian Bug report #840064, regarding apticron: apt-get stops when an update for a held back package is found to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: apticron Version: 1.1.59 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Dear Maintainer, first I should mention that I never used apticron myself, but I borrowed the part of the apticron script that generates the list of upgradable packages for a custom script here. Since the affected command line is also still present in the latest apticron package, I assume this problem applies to apticron, too. If I am mistaken with that, I apologize in advance. Today I noticed that on debian testing my script did not work any longer, since the call of PKGNAMES=`/usr/bin/apt-get -q -y --ignore-hold --allow-unauthenticated -s dist-upgrade... stopped with an error message, because an update for a held package is available and --allow-change-held-packages was missing from the command line. I am not 100% sure, but I think a couple days ago this still used to work, so I guess that this is caused by a recent update to apt-1.3 which appears to break the usability of this use of command line options. The solution I found and which (at least in my script) appears to work well, is to change the command line into PKGNAMES=`/usr/bin/apt-get -q -y --ignore-hold --allow-unauthenticated --allow-downgrades --allow-remove-essential --allow-change-held-packages -s dist-upgrade... According to the apt-get manpage this should work with apt versions >= 1.1 . Best regards Michael Lange -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.6 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages apticron depends on: ii apt 1.0.9.8.3 ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20141216cvs-2 ii bzip2 1.0.6-7+b3 ii cron [cron-daemon] 3.0pl1-127+deb8u1 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.56 ii dpkg 1.17.27 ii heirloom-mailx [mailx] 12.5-4 ii ucf 3.0030 Versions of packages apticron recommends: ii apt-listchanges 2.85.13+nmu1 ii iproute2 3.16.0-2 apticron suggests no packages.
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--- Begin Message ---Source: apticron Source-Version: 1.1.62 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of apticron, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [email protected], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Tiago Bortoletto Vaz <[email protected]> (supplier of updated apticron package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Format: 1.8 Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:04:10 -0400 Source: apticron Binary: apticron Architecture: source all Version: 1.1.62 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Tiago Bortoletto Vaz <[email protected]> Changed-By: Tiago Bortoletto Vaz <[email protected]> Description: apticron - Simple tool to mail about pending package updates Closes: 760177 777575 781639 816959 840064 850852 Changes: apticron (1.1.62) unstable; urgency=medium . [ Tiago Bortoletto Vaz ] * Make apticron configuration stateless. Thanks to Gioele Barabucci for the patch. (Closes: #850852) * Fix cron file path in manpage. Thanks to Bruno Bierbaumer. (Closes: #777575) * Add BUGS section in manpage explaining the issue with apticron reporting non-installed packages, which is not a bug from apticron itself. (Closes: #760177) * Add --allow-change-held-packages to apt-get calls. Thanks to Michel, Vincas Dargis and Michael Lange for reporting. (Closes: #816959, #781639, #840064) Checksums-Sha1: a44db76b9c35bd33598ac3f87d738670e5bad950 1622 apticron_1.1.62.dsc f446e808ef7c36be6a03df8acc1a2016b4011a54 19516 apticron_1.1.62.tar.xz 370f27825a8df49f7966ef4d5519abf7bc986743 20138 apticron_1.1.62_all.deb 0cfaf4ce1fa319a302a33abc8173c2f2b677a9f4 5937 apticron_1.1.62_amd64.buildinfo Checksums-Sha256: 1d195e0ce89e0450d7a16eeb6225fcdf8e3af1ee6c9b6b49d2653ce5bd731046 1622 apticron_1.1.62.dsc 8917a8e52a742c691c2e700690db22adc5afdfb05b41e61b94377d5bbf54999f 19516 apticron_1.1.62.tar.xz 1f4f344554a8602a6ad51215d860b2bf4fe7ea4397707fb3f030ec1e6141a854 20138 apticron_1.1.62_all.deb 63854815aace49a24538bb8aab7e5411ce46b4522ebd690b6d9019cdce6bb39a 5937 apticron_1.1.62_amd64.buildinfo Files: 5eabdbafbe1d4fa78784dba7c0b8cae3 1622 admin extra apticron_1.1.62.dsc 90ac48ec75847951f0dfa9a4ce49bff5 19516 admin extra apticron_1.1.62.tar.xz 1797d7318c6ca527ce646b5437772cbf 20138 admin extra apticron_1.1.62_all.deb c4061167adfc5e07a31d09fa0aba90f5 5937 admin extra apticron_1.1.62_amd64.buildinfo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJFBAEBCAAvFiEEYsAXsSqWkZu7etRd2EdHrOS2gT0FAlmooZoRHHRpYWdvQGRl Ymlhbi5vcmcACgkQ2EdHrOS2gT3sAA//TI1M71CzfklA/4U+pzOl7UHz6almwLmY 6bbuDYYYsWivdP6CBweXsw4/F40QC1C6pZfsXM1rsRHTmt0rNWns5hWGIRJxKKrb 01NgM7hd4d/htU02E5W/Jm0ksBwpfAA4rXkdWK2bS6YGz3rij0PHSET3EwuIStmi 8dqYy+pTlVIIIG5i1lWmIrcjN2REIrGw63S7EE7/zwim9MBPLvK58xc07hbD2ZMd KiG810Lzh+cpyWe6PC+nggpXPGUoL4PJtLsUJdO5A6pwCNeqH9t87Uk96I/L3/Me hB0qE9tDNCP1k7LBAb/leh1+8X1wnaMAUSnsoTYewNL/BimsdUOxPBMOVSkzi74T q3BNxYj7G3VcameCPBZRHOi4cjNdbbx/rWaLZsTTrjxByD/qSPxgxha4smJpFGYS +cOIa9MkcE3SgCqNEQCBf4qDFoRP+SwE/XVXvb8BCvHhStYexjkwDMX+Vla5zXcT LfgQsRykebxpRrqJ4inQBR6hP+QaaTuv637k+GiUbbnMfH/g/7iiEGuqzyGUoYKb D4wVJjCTpPqZxsJuHfg2nE2Uf6T0DJ4HjZtyjtwTTwYisgBuh/maTc/DwSvBsBys +pYO4M6jTGNmil+l3iQtjGH8IebSbR7oBPU+pq6n9dARg6eGCi7uogrI0hlvcyFw kRNtvJI1cyE= =gf6a -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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