On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 01:10:13PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > Alan Dennis (HE12026-01-14): > > E: The value ''/^bookworm(|-security|-updates|-backports)$/'' is invalid for > > APT::Default-Release as such a release is not available in the sources > > > > ... Q: how do I debug **why** apt-get is behaving differently? > > The presence of doubled quotes around this string seems to indicate that > apt-get is getting the arguments including the quotes. A manual test > confirms it is exactly the way to reproduce the issue. This suggests the > parsing of the command line is not handled by a shell.
Sharp eye. This seems a hit. Cheers -- tomás
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