Public bug reported: apt-cache policy does not reflect priority set in /etc/apt/preferences.d/*
``` $ cat apt-bug.txt ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Date: Thu Oct 22 08:38:38 2020 Dependencies: adduser 3.118ubuntu2 apt 2.1.10 apt-utils 2.1.10 ca-certificates 20200601 debconf 1.5.74 debconf-i18n 1.5.74 dpkg 1.20.5ubuntu2 gcc-10-base 10.2.0-13ubuntu1 gpgv 2.2.20-1ubuntu1 krb5-locales 1.17-10 libacl1 2.2.53-8 libapt-pkg6.0 2.1.10 libaudit-common 1:2.8.5-3ubuntu1 libaudit1 1:2.8.5-3ubuntu1 libbz2-1.0 1.0.8-4ubuntu2 libc6 2.32-0ubuntu3 libcap-ng0 0.7.9-2.2 libcom-err2 1.45.6-1ubuntu1 libcrypt1 1:4.4.16-1ubuntu1 libdb5.3 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.6ubuntu3 libffi8ubuntu1 3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu3 libgcc-s1 10.2.0-13ubuntu1 libgcrypt20 1.8.5-5ubuntu2 libgmp10 2:6.2.0+dfsg-6ubuntu1 libgnutls30 3.6.15-4ubuntu2 libgpg-error-l10n 1.38-2 libgpg-error0 1.38-2 libgssapi-krb5-2 1.17-10 libhogweed6 3.6-2 libidn2-0 2.3.0-1 libk5crypto3 1.17-10 libkeyutils1 1.6.1-2ubuntu1 libkrb5-3 1.17-10 libkrb5support0 1.17-10 liblocale-gettext-perl 1.07-4 liblz4-1 1.9.2-2 liblzma5 5.2.4-1ubuntu1 libnettle8 3.6-2 libnsl2 1.3.0-0ubuntu3 libnss-nis 3.1-0ubuntu4 libnss-nisplus 1.3-0ubuntu4 libp11-kit0 0.23.21-2build1 libpam-modules 1.3.1-5ubuntu6 libpam-modules-bin 1.3.1-5ubuntu6 libpam0g 1.3.1-5ubuntu6 libpcre2-8-0 10.34-7 libseccomp2 2.4.3-1ubuntu4 libselinux1 3.1-2 libsemanage-common 3.1-1 libsemanage1 3.1-1 libsepol1 3.1-1 libssl1.1 1.1.1f-1ubuntu4 libstdc++6 10.2.0-13ubuntu1 libsystemd0 246.6-1ubuntu1 [origin: Ubuntu] libtasn1-6 4.16.0-2 libtext-charwidth-perl 0.04-10 libtext-iconv-perl 1.7-7 libtext-wrapi18n-perl 0.06-9 libtirpc-common 1.2.6-1build1 libtirpc3 1.2.6-1build1 libudev1 246.6-1ubuntu1 [origin: Ubuntu] libunistring2 0.9.10-4 libzstd1 1.4.5+dfsg-4 openssl 1.1.1f-1ubuntu4 passwd 1:4.8.1-1ubuntu6 perl-base 5.30.3-4 tar 1.30+dfsg-7 ubuntu-keyring 2020.06.17.1 zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu4 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-12 (9 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Beta amd64 (20200930) NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair system76_io Package: apt 2.1.10 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcCpuinfoMinimal: processor : 11 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 158 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz stepping : 10 microcode : 0xd6 cpu MHz : 3897.986 cache size : 9216 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 12 core id : 5 cpu cores : 6 apicid : 11 initial apicid : 11 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 22 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb invpcid_single pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid mpx rdseed adx smap clflushopt intel_pt xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves dtherm ida arat pln pts hwp hwp_notify hwp_act_window hwp_epp md_clear flush_l1d vmx flags : vnmi preemption_timer invvpid ept_x_only ept_ad ept_1gb flexpriority tsc_offset vtpr mtf vapic ept vpid unrestricted_guest ple pml ept_mode_based_exec bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs itlb_multihit srbds bogomips : 4399.99 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-25.26-generic 5.8.14 SourcePackage: apt Tags: groovy third-party-packages Uname: Linux 5.8.0-25-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) _MarkForUpload: True modified.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: # map crash database names to CrashDatabase implementations and URLs default = 'ubuntu' def get_oem_project(): '''Determine OEM project name from Distribution Channel Descriptor Return None if it cannot be determined or does not exist. ''' try: dcd = open('/var/lib/ubuntu_dist_channel').read() if dcd.startswith('canonical-oem-'): return dcd.split('-')[2] except IOError: return None databases = { 'ubuntu': { 'impl': 'launchpad', 'bug_pattern_url': 'http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/bugpatterns/bugpatterns.xml', 'dupdb_url': 'http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/apport-duplicates', 'distro': 'ubuntu', 'problem_types': ['Bug', 'Package', 'Crash'], 'escalation_tag': 'bugpattern-needed', 'escalated_tag': 'bugpattern-written', }, 'canonical-oem': { 'impl': 'launchpad', 'bug_pattern_url': 'http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/bugpatterns/bugpatterns.xml', 'project': get_oem_project(), }, 'debug': { # for debugging 'impl': 'memory', 'bug_pattern_url': '/tmp/bugpatterns.xml', 'distro': 'debug' }, } mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2020-10-19T18:45:48.855219 ``` Example: ``` Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76/pop/ubuntu groovy/main amd64 Packages [44.4 kB] Get:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76/pop/ubuntu groovy/main Translation-en [18.1 kB] Hit:11 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy InRelease Hit:12 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-updates InRelease Hit:13 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-backports InRelease Get:14 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-security InRelease [88.4 kB] Hit:15 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed InRelease Hit:17 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod bionic InRelease Hit:18 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu groovy InRelease Hit:16 https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian jessie InRelease Fetched 151 kB in 6s (26.2 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 26 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. avery@ChubbyChipmunk:/etc/apt/preferences.d$ apt-cache policy Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/y-ppa-manager/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages release v=20.04,o=LP-PPA-webupd8team-y-ppa-manager,a=focal,n=focal,l=Y PPA Manager,c=main,b=amd64 origin ppa.launchpad.net 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76/pop/ubuntu groovy/main amd64 Packages release v=20.10,o=LP-PPA-system76-pop,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Pop!_OS PPA,c=main,b=amd64 origin ppa.launchpad.net 500 https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian jessie/main amd64 Packages release v=1,o=packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack,a=jessie,n=jessie,l=slack,c=main,b=amd64 origin packagecloud.io 500 http://apt.pop-os.org/proprietary groovy/main amd64 Packages release v=20.10,o=system76,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=System76,c=main,b=amd64 origin apt.pop-os.org 500 https://download.mono-project.com/repo/ubuntu stable-focal/main amd64 Packages release v=20.04,o=XamarinFocal,a=stable-focal,n=focal,l=Xamarin-Stable-Focal,c=main,b=amd64 origin download.mono-project.com 500 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod bionic/main amd64 Packages release o=microsoft-ubuntu-bionic-prod bionic,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=microsoft-ubuntu-bionic-prod bionic,c=main,b=amd64 origin packages.microsoft.com 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/linuxuprising/shutter/ubuntu groovy/main amd64 Packages release v=20.10,o=LP-PPA-linuxuprising-shutter,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Shutter screenshot tool and dependencies,c=main,b=amd64 origin ppa.launchpad.net 500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable/main amd64 Packages release v=1.0,o=Google LLC,a=stable,n=stable,l=Google,c=main,b=amd64 origin dl.google.com 500 https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_20.04 Packages release o=obs://build.opensuse.org/devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable/xUbuntu_20.04,n=xUbuntu_20.04,l=devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable,c= origin download.opensuse.org 500 http://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/mssql-server-2019 bionic/main amd64 Packages release o=mssql-server-2019-bionic bionic,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=mssql-server-2019-bionic bionic,c=main,b=amd64 origin packages.microsoft.com 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed/main i386 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-proposed,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=i386 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed/main amd64 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-proposed,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed/multiverse i386 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-proposed,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=i386 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed/multiverse amd64 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-proposed,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed/restricted i386 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-proposed,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=i386 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed/restricted amd64 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-proposed,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed/universe i386 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-proposed,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=i386 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-proposed/universe amd64 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-proposed,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-security/universe i386 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-security,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=i386 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-security/universe amd64 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-security,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-security/main i386 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-security,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=i386 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy-security/main amd64 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy-security,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu groovy/partner amd64 Packages release v=20.10,o=Canonical,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Partner archive,c=partner,b=amd64 origin archive.canonical.com 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/multiverse i386 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=i386 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/multiverse amd64 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/universe i386 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=i386 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/universe amd64 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/restricted i386 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=i386 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/restricted amd64 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/main i386 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=i386 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/main amd64 Packages release v=20.10,o=Ubuntu,a=groovy,n=groovy,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 origin mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu Pinned packages: ``` The nothing. ``` $ apt-cache policy apt apt: Installed: 2.1.10 Candidate: 2.1.10 Version table: *** 2.1.10 500 500 http://mirrors.vcea.wsu.edu/ubuntu groovy/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 20.10 Release: 20.10 $ uname -a Linux ChubbyChipmunk 5.8.0-25-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 15 10:30:38 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ``` What is going on ?! ** Affects: groovy (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901053 Title: apt preferences files do nothing re: apt-cache policy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/groovy/+bug/1901053/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs