Package: apt Version: 0.8.1 Severity: normal I turn /var/cache/pbuilder/results into a flat repo using the following cron job:
#!/bin/bash -eE # As etckeeper is triggered by "apt-get install" but not "dpkg -i", it # is desirable to make a bare-bones private package archive. test -x /usr/bin/apt-ftparchive || exit 0 test -d /var/cache/pbuilder/result/ || exit 0 cd /var/cache/pbuilder/result/ for p in Packages Sources Contents Release do apt-ftparchive -q=2 ${p,,} . >$p done sed -i 1i"NotAutomatic: yes" Release # Workaround #272557. It produces a /var/cache/pbuilder/results/Release file like this: NotAutomatic: yes Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:22:55 UTC MD5Sum: 42665307063939a74f90fa2807f19a7a 10428 Packages d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e 0 Release bebff4df2ffdfc54e9eca1cc0c488e03 7373 Sources SHA1: a01b72eb8eecfbc023aafb4fc2868e11d3a71371 10428 Packages da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 0 Release 29e553112ab2fbae30fa0d7018ffb094f6374ee8 7373 Sources SHA256: dfe618a8e3d4b974fb17fef94a06db8979bedc9ecef64c54dd3ed195c35e3eab 10428 Packages e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855 0 Release 7a0141712de8e91ea29f4909840d8652449bf66f69175322c9afe3812e72ee8b 7373 Sources My /etc/apt/sources.list refers to this private repo thusly: deb file:///var/cache/pbuilder/result ./ After running apt-get update, on a host with apt 0.7.25.3, my private repo correctly receives priority 1: # apt-cache policy Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 1 file: ./ Packages release c= 990 http://mirror.internode.on.net testing/updates/main Packages release v=None,o=Debian,a=testing,n=squeeze,l=Debian-Security,c=main origin mirror.internode.on.net 990 http://mirror.internode.on.net testing/main Packages release o=Debian,a=testing,n=squeeze,l=Debian,c=main origin mirror.internode.on.net 500 http://mirror.internode.on.net unstable/main Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=main origin mirror.internode.on.net 1 http://mirror.internode.on.net experimental/main Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,n=experimental,l=Debian,c=main origin mirror.internode.on.net Pinned packages: On a host with apt 0.8.1 (the one I'm running reportbug on), it DOES NOT receive priority 1; instead it get priority 500 (the default). To me, this suggests that apt 0.8.1 ignores NotAutomatic: yes in either file:/// or flat repositories. $ apt-cache policy Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 500 file:/var/cache/pbuilder/result/ ./ Packages 1 http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/debian/ experimental/main amd64 Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,n=experimental,l=Debian,c=main origin mirror.internode.on.net 500 http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/debian/ unstable/main amd64 Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=main origin mirror.internode.on.net Pinned packages: I also note that apt-get update 0.8.1 DOES NOT copy the Release file into /var/lib/apt/lists, whereas 0.7.25.3 does. -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "1"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections ""; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/"; Dir::State::extended_states "/var/lib/apt/extended_states"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d"; Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg"; Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Media ""; Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; Dir::Log::History "history.log"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently ""; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Invoke ""; DPkg::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi"; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "2"; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; RPM ""; RPM::Pre-Invoke ""; RPM::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi"; RPM::Post-Invoke ""; RPM::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi"; CommandLine ""; CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/debian unstable main deb http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/debian experimental main deb file:///var/cache/pbuilder/result ./ deb-src http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/debian unstable main deb-src http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/debian experimental main deb-src file:///var/cache/pbuilder/result ./ -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.34-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2010.08.28 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii gnupg 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii libc6 2.11.2-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.5.1-1 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.5.1-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> (no description available) ii aptitude 0.6.3-3.1 terminal-based package manager (te ii bzip2 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co ii dpkg-dev 1.15.8.4 Debian package development tools ii python-apt 0.7.97.1 Python interface to libapt-pkg ii xz-lzma [lzma] 4.999.9beta+20100810-1 XZ-format compression utilities - -- no debconf information -- debsums errors found: debsums: changed file /usr/bin/apt-mark (from apt package) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org