#1034301 [thunderbird on armhf & amd64] not the same release on Debian bullseye 11.6 ?

Package:
src:thunderbird
Source:
src:thunderbird
Submitter:
Jean-Marc LACROIX
Date:
2023-04-12 17:06:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1034301#5
Date:
2023-04-12 18:21:59 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Debian team,

I'm trying to  install  (via apt) the   "thunderbird" package on   the
Debian version  "bullseye". The  installation  is  carried out on  two
devices  in "armhf" and  "amd64"  architecture. The  first is an amd64
architecture (hostname hn-asusgl752-400)  and the  second is an  armhf
(hostname vn-bullseye-armhf-260).

Because files /etc/apt/preferences/xxx are the same, i dont understand
why "apt" does not install the same release on the two architectures.

Please find bellow my configurations...
--------test 01: lsb_release -a

ansible@hn-asusgl752-400:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Release:        11
Codename:       bullseye
ansible@hn-asusgl752-400:~$

ansible@vn-bullseye-armhf-260:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Release:        11
Codename:       bullseye
ansible@vn-bullseye-armhf-260:~$

--------test 02: uname -a

ansible@hn-asusgl752-400:~$ uname -a
Linux hn-asusgl752-400 6.0.0-0.deb11.6-rt-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_RT Debian
6.0.12-1~bpo11+1 (2022-12-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux
ansible@hn-asusgl752-400:~$

ansible@vn-bullseye-armhf-260:~$ uname -a
Linux vn-bullseye-armhf-260 6.1.0-0.deb11.6-armmp #1 SMP Debian
6.1.15-1~bpo11+1 (2023-03-16) armv7l GNU/Linux
ansible@vn-bullseye-armhf-260:~$

Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Pin: release *
Pin-Priority: -1
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,l=Debian,n=bullseye/updates
Pin-Priority: 500
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,l=Debian,n=bullseye-update
Pin-Priority: 500
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,l=Debian,n=bullseye
Pin-Priority: 500
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,l=Debian,n=bullseye-backports
Pin-Priority: 100
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,l=Debian,n=buster
Pin-Priority: 90
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,l=Debian,n=bookworm
Pin-Priority: 80
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,l=Debian,n=sid
Pin-Priority: 70
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,l=Debian,n=experimental
Pin-Priority: 60
ansible@hn-asusgl752-400:~$


ansible@vn-bullseye-armhf-260:~$ cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/* |grep -v
"#" |grep -v ^$
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,l=Debian,n=bullseye/updates
Pin-Priority: 500
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,l=Debian,n=bullseye-update
Pin-Priority: 500
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,l=Debian,n=bullseye
Pin-Priority: 500
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,l=Debian,n=bullseye-backports
Pin-Priority: 100
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,l=Debian,n=buster
Pin-Priority: 90
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,l=Debian,n=bookworm
Pin-Priority: 80
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,l=Debian,n=sid
Pin-Priority: 70
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,l=Debian,n=experimental
Pin-Priority: 60
Package: dhcpcd5
Pin: release *
Pin-Priority: -1
ansible@vn-bullseye-armhf-260:~$
--------test 04:  cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*  |grep -v "#" |grep -v ^$

ansible@hn-asusgl752-400:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*  |grep -v "#"
|grep -v ^$
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main
contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/yubico/stable/ubuntu cosmic main
ansible@hn-asusgl752-400:~$

ansible@vn-bullseye-armhf-260:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*  |grep -v
"#" |grep -v ^$
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main
contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
ansible@vn-bullseye-armhf-260:~$



--------test 05:  sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

ansible@hn-asusgl752-400:~$  sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Réception de :1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security
bullseye-security InRelease [48,4 kB]
Atteint :2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/yubico/stable/ubuntu cosmic
InRelease
Atteint :3 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports InRelease

Atteint :4 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease
Atteint :5 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease
Atteint :6 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster InRelease
Atteint :7 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates InRelease
Réception de :8 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/main
Translation-fr [2 433 kB]
Réception de :9 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster/main
Translation-fr [2 478 kB]
4 960 ko réceptionnés en 2s (2 313 ko/s)
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances... Fait
Lecture des informations d'état... Fait
Tous les paquets sont à jour.
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances... Fait
Lecture des informations d'état... Fait
Calcul de la mise à jour... Fait
0 mis à jour, 0 nouvellement installés, 0 à enlever et 0 non mis à jour.
ansible@hn-asusgl752-400:~$

ansible@vn-bullseye-armhf-260:~$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Get:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security
InRelease [48.4 kB]
Hit:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports InRelease
Hit:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease
Hit:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster InRelease
Hit:5 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates InRelease
Fetched 48.4 kB in 3s (15.7 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
ansible@vn-bullseye-armhf-260:~$



--------test 06: apt-cache policy thunderbird

ansible@hn-asusgl752-400:~$ apt-cache policy thunderbird
thunderbird:
   Installé : 1:102.9.0-1~deb11u1
   Candidat : 1:102.9.0-1~deb11u1
  Table de version :
  *** 1:102.9.0-1~deb11u1 500
         500 http://security.debian.org/debian-security
bullseye-security/main amd64 Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
      1:91.13.0-1~deb11u1 500
         500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/main amd64 Packages
      1:91.12.0-1~deb10u1 90
          90 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages
ansible@hn-asusgl752-400:~$

ansible@vn-bullseye-armhf-260:~$ apt-cache policy thunderbird
thunderbird:
   Installed: 1:78.8.0-1~deb10u1
   Candidate: 1:78.8.0-1~deb10u1
   Version table:
  *** 1:78.8.0-1~deb10u1 100
          90 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster/main armhf Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ansible@vn-bullseye-armhf-260:~$

Conclusions:

Why  thunderbird   is      whith   one  old    release     on   target
vn-bullseye-armhf-260  ?.  I expect to  have the same  release than on
target hn-asusgl752-400 ?

Thanks in advance for your help
Cordialement
-- 
   -- Jean-Marc LACROIX  (06 82 29 98 66) --
     -- mailto : jeanmarc.lacroix@free.fr   --
#1034301#10
Date:
2023-04-12 16:53:16 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

Am 12.04.23 um 20:21 schrieb Jean-Marc LACROIX:

this is due the decreased architecture list the binary package
thunderbird is build on.

 From the changelog entries.


Since the date of the commit no one stepped up to provide support
building Thunderbird on these architectures again. So within the current
supported Debian releases there are no recent thunderbird packages
available for armel, armhf and mipsel.

An I expect this will not change as the requirements for building
thunderbird are increasing still. 32bit architecture are mostly dead for
applications like Thunderbird.