Control: tags -1 patch
On 2023-07-11 11:45:25 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> IMHO, for architecture "all", either only the Packages file that
> corresponds to the main architecture of the machine should be
> considered, or the latest version between the various packages
> should be chosen. In the current case, these two strategies are
> equivalent, but there may be cases where a foreign architecture
> may have a more recent version.
>
> Ideally, the same rule as apt should be chosen. I think that it
> chooses the latest version, as in the past, IIRC, I was offered the
> choice to upgrade the "Architecture: all" packages when available
> for the foreign architecture only.
I note that there is a version comparison in sub parse_file:
if (!defined $packages->{$package->{$PACKAGE}} or
!defined
$packages->{$package->{$PACKAGE}}{$package->{$ARCH}}{$VERS} or
$vs->compare($packages->{$package->{$PACKAGE}}{$package->{$ARCH}}{$VERS},
$package->{$VERS}) < 0) {
$package->{$RELEASE} = $release;
$packages->{$package->{$PACKAGE}}{$package->{$ARCH}} =
$package;
}
So, if I understand correctly, if a Packages file contains several
versions of a package, the most recent one will be chosen. But such
a comparison is absent when these versions are in different Packages
files. I've attached a patch to add this comparison. Now, if I do
# ./apt-show-versions -i
with the patched version:
cventin:~> apt-show-versions -a libreoffice-common
libreoffice-common:all 4:7.5.4-4 install ok installed
libreoffice-common:all 4:7.4.5-3 stable ftp.debian.org
No stable-updates version
libreoffice-common:all 4:7.4.5-3 testing ftp.debian.org
libreoffice-common:all 4:7.5.4-4 unstable ftp.debian.org
libreoffice-common:all 4:7.5.5~rc1-2 experimental ftp.debian.org
libreoffice-common:all/unstable 4:7.5.4-4 uptodate
cventin:~> apt-show-versions -a libreoffice
libreoffice:amd64 4:7.5.4-4 install ok installed
libreoffice:amd64 4:7.4.5-3 stable ftp.debian.org
No stable-updates version
libreoffice:amd64 4:7.4.5-3 testing ftp.debian.org
libreoffice:amd64 4:7.5.4-4 unstable ftp.debian.org
libreoffice:amd64 4:7.5.5~rc1-2 experimental ftp.debian.org
libreoffice:amd64/unstable 4:7.5.4-4 uptodate
libreoffice:i386 4:7.4.5-3 stable ftp.debian.org
No stable-updates version
libreoffice:i386 4:7.4.5-3 testing ftp.debian.org
libreoffice:i386 4:7.4.5-3 unstable ftp.debian.org
libreoffice:i386 4:7.5.5~rc1-2 experimental ftp.debian.org
libreoffice:i386 not installed
This seems correct.
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--- apt-show-versions~ 2022-10-15 09:52:39.000000000 +0000
+++ apt-show-versions 2023-07-11 10:10:03.205293265 +0000
@@ -267,7 +267,10 @@
my ($href, $release) = &parse_file ($_);
foreach my $pkg (keys %$href) {
foreach my $arch (keys %{$href->{$pkg}}) {
- $apackages->{$pkg}{$arch}{$release} = $href->{$pkg}{$arch};
+ $apackages->{$pkg}{$arch}{$release} = $href->{$pkg}{$arch} if
+ (!defined $apackages->{$pkg}{$arch}{$release} ||
+ $vs->compare($apackages->{$pkg}{$arch}{$release}{$VERS},
+ $href->{$pkg}{$arch}{$VERS}) < 0);
}
}
}
