#441178 apt-get source needs deb and deb-src entries to fetch by --target-release

Package:
apt
Source:
apt
Description:
commandline package manager
Submitter:
Timo Juhani Lindfors
Date:
2024-01-19 06:57:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#441178#5
Date:
2007-09-07 10:19:05 UTC
From:
To:
Steps to preproduce:
1) On a debian etch system place the following to /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ etch main
deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main
deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian sarge main
deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian etch main
deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian lenny main
deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian sid main
2) sudo apt-get update
3) apt-get -t etch source nano

Expected results:
3) apt-get fetches the source code of nano in etch.

Actual results:
3) apt-get fetches the source code of nano in lenny:

$ apt-get -t etch source nano
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Need to get 1340kB of source archives.
Get:1 http://ftp.fi.debian.org lenny/main nano 2.0.6-2 (dsc) [701B]
Get:2 http://ftp.fi.debian.org lenny/main nano 2.0.6-2 (tar) [1315kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.fi.debian.org lenny/main nano 2.0.6-2 (diff) [23.9kB]
Fetched 1340kB in 0s (7498kB/s)
dpkg-source: extracting nano in nano-2.0.6
dpkg-source: unpacking nano_2.0.6.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: applying ./nano_2.0.6-2.diff.gz

More info:
1) This bug was earlier reported in a comment to 152129. When that bug
got closed I was asked to report it as a new bug.
#441178#8
Date:
2008-12-06 19:04:49 UTC
From:
To:
Hello Timo.

This bug is unreproducible by me when using apt >= 0.7.18. Can you try and confirm?
#441178#13
Date:
2008-12-06 21:09:47 UTC
From:
To:
"Eugene V. Lyubimkin" <jackyf.devel@gmail.com> writes:

I can still reproduce the issue on debian unstable with apt 0.7.19+b1:

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ sid main
deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian etch main
deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian lenny main
deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian sid main
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/emdebian.sources.list
# The Emdebian toolchain repository
deb http://www.emdebian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://www.emdebian.org/debian/ unstable main
$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://ftp.fi.debian.org sid Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.fi.debian.org etch Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.fi.debian.org lenny Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.fi.debian.org sid Release
Hit http://ftp.fi.debian.org etch Release
Hit http://ftp.fi.debian.org lenny Release
Get:1 http://ftp.fi.debian.org sid/main Packages/DiffIndex [2038B]
Hit http://ftp.fi.debian.org sid/main Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://www.emdebian.org unstable Release.gpg
Ign http://ftp.fi.debian.org etch/main Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.fi.debian.org lenny/main Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://www.emdebian.org unstable Release
Hit http://ftp.fi.debian.org etch/main Sources
Ign http://www.emdebian.org unstable/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://www.emdebian.org unstable/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://www.emdebian.org unstable/main Packages
Ign http://www.emdebian.org unstable/main Sources
Hit http://www.emdebian.org unstable/main Packages
Hit http://www.emdebian.org unstable/main Sources
Fetched 2038B in 1s (1092B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
$ apt-get -t etch source nano
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Need to get 1392kB of source archives.
Get:1 http://ftp.fi.debian.org sid/main nano 2.0.7-4 (dsc) [1112B]
Get:2 http://ftp.fi.debian.org sid/main nano 2.0.7-4 (tar) [1364kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.fi.debian.org sid/main nano 2.0.7-4 (diff) [27.2kB]
Fetched 1392kB in 0s (21.8MB/s)
dpkg-source: extracting nano in nano-2.0.7
dpkg-source: info: unpacking nano_2.0.7.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: applying nano_2.0.7-4.diff.gz
$ rm -fr nano*
$ apt-get -t lenny source nano
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Need to get 1392kB of source archives.
Get:1 http://ftp.fi.debian.org sid/main nano 2.0.7-4 (dsc) [1112B]
Get:2 http://ftp.fi.debian.org sid/main nano 2.0.7-4 (tar) [1364kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.fi.debian.org sid/main nano 2.0.7-4 (diff) [27.2kB]
Fetched 1392kB in 0s (21.9MB/s)
dpkg-source: extracting nano in nano-2.0.7
dpkg-source: info: unpacking nano_2.0.7.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: applying nano_2.0.7-4.diff.gz

As you can see, I always get nano from sid even if I ask for etch or
lenny.
#441178#18
Date:
2008-12-06 21:12:01 UTC
From:
To:
Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote:
Aha. Please also try 'apt-get source -t stable nano', does it the expected thing?
#441178#23
Date:
2008-12-06 22:13:00 UTC
From:
To:
"Eugene V. Lyubimkin" <jackyf.devel@gmail.com> writes:

So it seems.

$ apt-get source -t stable nano
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Need to get 1392kB of source archives.
Get:1 http://ftp.fi.debian.org sid/main nano 2.0.7-4 (dsc) [1112B]
Get:2 http://ftp.fi.debian.org sid/main nano 2.0.7-4 (tar) [1364kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.fi.debian.org sid/main nano 2.0.7-4 (diff) [27.2kB]
Fetched 1392kB in 0s (3625kB/s)
dpkg-source: extracting nano in nano-2.0.7
dpkg-source: info: unpacking nano_2.0.7.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: applying nano_2.0.7-4.diff.gz
#441178#28
Date:
2008-12-06 22:27:12 UTC
From:
To:
package apt
tags 441178 +confirmed
thanks

Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote:
Thanks. I took another example on my machine and reproduced this bug.
#441178#35
Date:
2009-02-23 19:14:37 UTC
From:
To:
It looks like apt completely ignores the -t argument.

 $ apt-get  source -t lenny xserver-xorg-video-intel
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Skipping already downloaded file 'xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.6.1-1.dsc'
Skipping already downloaded file
'xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.6.1.orig.tar.gz'
Skipping already downloaded file
'xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.6.1-1.diff.gz'
Need to get 0B of source archives.
Skipping unpack of already unpacked source in
xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.6.1
 $ apt-get  source -t AAA xserver-xorg-video-intel
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Skipping already downloaded file 'xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.6.1-1.dsc'
Skipping already downloaded file
'xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.6.1.orig.tar.gz'
Skipping already downloaded file
'xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.6.1-1.diff.gz'
Need to get 0B of source archives.
Skipping unpack of already unpacked source in
xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.6.1
 $ apt-get -t lenny source xserver-xorg-video-intel
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Skipping already downloaded file 'xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.6.1-1.dsc'
Skipping already downloaded file
'xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.6.1.orig.tar.gz'
Skipping already downloaded file
'xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.6.1-1.diff.gz'
Need to get 0B of source archives.
Skipping unpack of already unpacked source in
xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.6.1



/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.cz.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_source_Sources: 1b7cff08d425d4233c24c92fa8599b4f 1066520 xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.6.1.orig.tar.gz
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.cz.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_source_Sources: 38a69b3628490fd4292723cd659c6c571b62d2c6 1066520 xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.6.1.orig.tar.gz
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.cz.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_source_Sources: dc8fd8350a9d544c289977ba621dd55d2ac6b96840198ff49057179fc5b27589 1066520 xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.6.1.orig.tar.gz
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.cz.debian.org_debian_dists_lenny_main_source_Sources: 78dfab1a81ca3215e4e62979adae7c3d 866254 xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.3.2.orig.tar.gz
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.cz.debian.org_debian_dists_lenny_main_source_Sources: a30c74c55cd27edca078f08432a8c906077c195b 866254 xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.3.2.orig.tar.gz
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.cz.debian.org_debian_dists_lenny_main_source_Sources: fe001a661eb8a526f6a4c339f9a728b186c1de9a572748bd14ffd59de740f417 866254 xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.3.2.orig.tar.gz
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.cz.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_source_Sources: 78dfab1a81ca3215e4e62979adae7c3d 866254 xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.3.2.orig.tar.gz
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.cz.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_source_Sources: a30c74c55cd27edca078f08432a8c906077c195b 866254 xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.3.2.orig.tar.gz
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.cz.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_source_Sources: fe001a661eb8a526f6a4c339f9a728b186c1de9a572748bd14ffd59de740f417 866254 xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.3.2.orig.tar.gz
#441178#40
Date:
2009-08-27 16:32:47 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
apt, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

apt-doc_0.7.23_all.deb
  to pool/main/a/apt/apt-doc_0.7.23_all.deb
apt-transport-https_0.7.23_i386.deb
  to pool/main/a/apt/apt-transport-https_0.7.23_i386.deb
apt-utils_0.7.23_i386.deb
  to pool/main/a/apt/apt-utils_0.7.23_i386.deb
apt_0.7.23.dsc
  to pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.7.23.dsc
apt_0.7.23.tar.gz
  to pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.7.23.tar.gz
apt_0.7.23_i386.deb
  to pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.7.23_i386.deb
libapt-pkg-dev_0.7.23_i386.deb
  to pool/main/a/apt/libapt-pkg-dev_0.7.23_i386.deb
libapt-pkg-doc_0.7.23_all.deb
  to pool/main/a/apt/libapt-pkg-doc_0.7.23_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 441178@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> (supplier of updated apt package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:44:39 +0200
Source: apt
Binary: apt apt-doc libapt-pkg-dev libapt-pkg-doc apt-utils apt-transport-https
Architecture: source all i386
Version: 0.7.23
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>
Description:
 apt        - Advanced front-end for dpkg
 apt-doc    - Documentation for APT
 apt-transport-https - APT https transport
 apt-utils  - APT utility programs
 libapt-pkg-dev - Development files for APT's libapt-pkg and libapt-inst
 libapt-pkg-doc - Documentation for APT development
Closes: 145916 157759 223712 320184 365880 382826 413021 414105 441178 445985 479617 504325 509313 510286 510526 511556 511557 520831 531157 537450
Changes:
 apt (0.7.23) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Eugene V. Lyubimkin ]
   * methods/{http,https,ftp}, doc/apt.conf.5.xml:
     - Changed and unified the code that determines which proxy to use. Now
       'Acquire::{http,ftp}::Proxy[::<host>]' options have the highest priority,
       and '{http,ftp}_proxy' environment variables are used only if options
       mentioned above are not specified.
       (Closes: #445985, #157759, #320184, #365880, #479617)
 .
   [ David Kalnischkies ]
   * cmdline/apt-get.cc:
     - add APT::Get::HideAutoRemove=small to display only a short line
       instead of the full package list. (Closes: #537450)
     - ShowBroken() in build-dep (by Mike O'Connor, Closes: #145916)
     - check for statfs.f_type (by Robert Millan, Closes: #509313)
     - correct the order of picked package binary vs source in source
     - use SourceVersion instead of the BinaryVersion to get the source
       Patch by Matt Kraai, thanks! (Closes: #382826)
     - add pkg/archive and codename in source (Closes: #414105, #441178)
   * apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc:
     - enable thousand separator according to the current locale
       (by Luca Bruno, Closes: #223712)
   * doc/apt.conf.5.xml:
     - mention the apt.conf.d dir (by Vincent McIntyre, Closes: #520831)
   * apt-inst/contrib/arfile.cc:
     - use sizeof instead strlen (by Marius Vollmer, Closes: #504325)
   * doc/apt-mark.8.xml:
     - improve manpage based on patch by Carl Chenet (Closes: #510286)
   * apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc:
     - use configsettings for dynamic compression type use and order.
       Based on a patch by Jyrki Muukkonen, thanks! (LP: #71746)
   * apt-pkg/aptconfiguration.cc:
     - add default configuration for compression types and add lzma
       support. Order is now bzip2, lzma, gzip, none (Closes: #510526)
   * ftparchive/writer.cc:
     - add lzma support also here, patch for this (and inspiration for
       the one above) by Robert Millan, thanks!
   * apt-pkg/depcache.cc:
     - restore the --ignore-hold effect in the Is{Delete,Install}Ok hooks
   * doc/apt-get.8.xml:
     - update the source description to reflect what it actually does
       and how it can be used. (Closes: #413021)
   * methods/http.cc:
     - allow empty Reason-Phase in Status-Line to please squid,
       thanks Modestas Vainius for noticing! (Closes: #531157, LP: #411435)
 .
   [ George Danchev ]
   * cmdline/apt-cache.cc:
     - fix a memory leak in the xvcg method (Closes: #511557)
   * apt-pkg/indexcopy.cc:
     - fix a memory leak then the Release file not exists (Closes: #511556)
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#441178#45
Date:
2009-09-07 06:43:41 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

I'm sorry to say that "apt-get -t stable source nano" still fetches
nano from unstable. Please reopen this bug if you agree.

( I re-read the bug log and noticed that at "Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:13:00
  +0200" I replied that "-t stable" worked but pasted output that
  +clearly showed that it was not in fact working... )

Here's a transcript of how it fails here. Stable has nano 2.0.7-4 so
clearly "apt-get -t stable source" is not fetching the right nano when
it fetches nano 2.0.9-2:

# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian unstable main
deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian stable main
deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian testing main
deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian unstable main
# apt-get update
Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org unstable Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org stable Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org testing Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org unstable Release
Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org stable Release
Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org testing Release
Get:1 http://ftp.se.debian.org unstable/main Packages/DiffIndex [2038B]
Get:2 http://ftp.se.debian.org unstable/main Sources/DiffIndex [2038B]
Ign http://ftp.se.debian.org stable/main Sources/DiffIndex
Get:3 http://ftp.se.debian.org testing/main Sources/DiffIndex [2038B]
Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org stable/main Sources
Fetched 6114B in 1s (5168B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
# apt-get -t stable source nano
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Need to get 1433kB of source archives.
Get:1 http://ftp.se.debian.org unstable/main nano 2.0.9-2 (dsc) [1248B]
Get:2 http://ftp.se.debian.org unstable/main nano 2.0.9-2 (tar) [1404kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.se.debian.org unstable/main nano 2.0.9-2 (diff) [27.9kB]
Fetched 1433kB in 0s (5646kB/s)
gpgv: keyblock resource `/root/.gnupg/trustedkeys.gpg': file open error
gpgv: Signature made Fri Mar 27 12:09:03 2009 UTC using DSA key ID 917A225E
gpgv: Can't check signature: public key not found
dpkg-source: warning: failed to verify signature on ./nano_2.0.9-2.dsc
dpkg-source: info: extracting nano in nano-2.0.9
dpkg-source: info: unpacking nano_2.0.9.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: applying nano_2.0.9-2.diff.gz

# COLUMNS=80 dpkg -l apt
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  apt            0.7.23.1       Advanced front-end for dpkg
#441178#50
Date:
2009-09-07 21:17:54 UTC
From:
To:
package apt
reopen 441178
notfixed 441178 0.7.23
found 441178 0.7.23.1
retitle 441178 apt-get source needs deb and deb-src entries to fetch
by --target-release
thanks
Thanks for testing the new version - I have reopened the bug for you. :)

As you can read in the new title i isolate the cause a bit further
for this bug: If you add to your sources.list
deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian stable main
in your transcript above apt will happily download the correct version.
(note that in the initial message these lines are included,
 so it works in your old setup.)

This happens because the Codename/Releasename information
is not available in the Source-Cache, so the Package-Cache is
used to retrieve the version which belongs to the given codename.
If you know the exact version you can download the source without
a deb-entry, try e.g.: apt-get source nano=2.0.7-4


Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

David "DonKult" Kalnischkies
#441178#63
Date:
2012-01-18 14:28:37 UTC
From:
To:
found 441178 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu14.2
thanks

I have just reported a bug against Ubuntu [1], where apt requires me
to have "deb" entries for the Debian releases to make "apt-get source"
pick versions from there.

With only "deb-src" entries for Debian, it fails as follows:

1. apt-get source backuppc=3.2.1-2
   This picks the Ubuntu version (3.2.1-2ubuntu1)
2. apt-get source backuppc/unstable
   E: Ignore unavailable target release 'unstable' of package 'backuppc'
   E: Unable to find a source package for
3. apt-get source -t testing backuppc
   E: The value 'testing' is invalid for APT::Default-Release as such a
      release is not available in the sources


[1]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/apt/+bug/918213
#441178#70
Date:
2012-01-20 12:05:55 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

I confirm that bug, I tried to setup rebuildd[1] and failed at the point
of downloading the source because I only have deb-src line in my
/etc/apt/sources.list.

Regards.

Footnotes:
[1]  http://inodes.org/2009/09/14/building-a-private-ppa-on-ubuntu/
#441178#75
Date:
2016-02-10 12:37:14 UTC
From:
To:
Dear maintainer,

I can confirm this issue is still a part of Debian Jessie. Here is the
output of the test I ran:

wouterwijsman@lenovo-wouterwijsman:~/test$ apt-get source -t unstable pcsx2
Reading package lists... Done
E: The value 'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release as such a
release is not available in the sources

My sources list looks like this:

deb http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb-src http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free

# jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib
non-free
deb-src http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/debian/ jessie-updates main
contrib non-free

# jessie-backports, previously on backports.debian.org
deb http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/debian/ jessie-backports main contrib
non-free
deb-src http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/debian/ jessie-backports main
contrib non-free

# iceweasel repo
deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ jessie-backports iceweasel-release
deb-src http://mozilla.debian.net/ jessie-backports iceweasel-release

# sources for testing, unstable and experimental
deb-src http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
deb-src http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
deb-src http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/debian/ experimental main contrib
non-free

I also found a workaround for this issue. When you don't use the -t
option and use package/unstable instead, it will download the source
drom the correct repo:

wouterwijsman@lenovo-wouterwijsman:~/test$ apt-get source pcsx2/unstable
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Selected version '1.3.1-1094-gf062b0f+dfsg-1' (unstable) for pcsx2
NOTICE: 'pcsx2' packaging is maintained in the 'Git' version control
system at:
git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-games/pcsx2.git
Need to get 3,468 kB of source archives.
Get:1 http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/debian/ sid/main pcsx2
1.3.1-1094-gf062b0f+dfsg-1 (dsc) [2,322 B]
Get:2 http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/debian/ sid/main pcsx2
1.3.1-1094-gf062b0f+dfsg-1 (tar) [3,455 kB]
Get:3 http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/debian/ sid/main pcsx2
1.3.1-1094-gf062b0f+dfsg-1 (diff) [10.5 kB]
Fetched 3,468 kB in 0s (9,134 kB/s)
dpkg-source: info: extracting pcsx2 in pcsx2-1.3.1-1094-gf062b0f+dfsg
dpkg-source: info: unpacking pcsx2_1.3.1-1094-gf062b0f+dfsg.orig.tar.xz
dpkg-source: info: unpacking pcsx2_1.3.1-1094-gf062b0f+dfsg-1.debian.tar.xz

I hope this is of some use to fixing this bug or to people encountering
this bug.

Kind regards,

Wouter Wijsman