#1039060 unattended-upgrades: No package upgrades in Debian sid/unstable depsite `o=Debian,n=sid`

#1039060#5
Date:
2023-06-25 08:21:47 UTC
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Dear Debian folks,


*unattended-upgrade* does not upgrade some packages, but `apt upgrade` can.

      $ LANG=C sudo unattended-upgrade -v -d
      […]
      Erlaubte Ursprünge sind:
origin=Debian,codename=trixie,label=Debian,
origin=Debian,codename=trixie,label=Debian-Security,
origin=Debian,codename=trixie-security,label=Debian-Security, o=Debian,n=sid
      […]
      Checking: gjs ([<Origin component:'main' archive:'unstable'
origin:'Debian' label:'Debian' site:'deb.debian.org' isTrusted:True>])
      sanity check failed for: {'libgjs0g-dbgsym=1.74.3-1',
'libgjs0g=1.74.3-1', 'gjs=1.74.3-1'} : pkg libgjs0g-dbgsym is not in an
allowed origin
      falling back to adjusting gjs's dependencies
      […]
      $ sudo apt upgrade
      Paketlisten werden gelesen… Fertig
      Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut… Fertig
      Statusinformationen werden eingelesen… Fertig
      Paketaktualisierung (Upgrade) wird berechnet… Fertig
      Die folgenden Pakete werden aktualisiert (Upgrade):
        gjs gvfs gvfs-backends gvfs-backends-dbgsym gvfs-common
gvfs-daemons gvfs-fuse gvfs-libs gvfs-libs-dbgsym libgjs0g libgjs0g-dbgsym
        libqt5core5a libqt5core5a-dbgsym libqt5dbus5 libqt5gui5
libqt5network5 libqt5printsupport5 libqt5widgets5 libx11-6 libx11-6-dbgsym
        libx11-data libx11-xcb1 qt5-gtk-platformtheme signal-desktop
      24 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht
aktualisiert.
      Es müssen 158 MB an Archiven heruntergeladen werden.
      Nach dieser Operation werden 16,3 MB Plattenplatz freigegeben.
      Möchten Sie fortfahren? [J/n]

I thought `o=Debian,n=sid` should allow *unattended-upgrades* to apply
all upgrades for Debian sid/unstable.


Kind regards,

Paul

#1039060#10
Date:
2026-07-31 12:47:47 UTC
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[..]

The output above suggests that, due to the configuration of the
Debian archive, you will need `o=Debian,n=unstable` instead.

Does that work for you?

Chris