Subject: bug#623: chimaera-backports repo being used unprompted- missing pin priority

From: juu <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:22:56 +0000

Package: chimaera-backports
Version: 4.0

I'm running Devuan Chimaera and recently discovered that packages were being upgraded from backports without me manually installing it from backports. I thought that these packages were just put into stable until realizing later that they were backported packages. As described here, a user on dev1galaxy forums realized that the Devuan release file does not put a pin priority of 100 on backports like it does in Debian.

The Debian bullseye-backports repository has a[Release file](http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye-backports/Release)that contains these lines:

NotAutomatic: yes
ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes

This confers a pin priority of 100 for all packages, which means they will not be installed unless explicitly targetted (either by version or with the--targetoption forapt) but any packages that are installed from backports will be kept updated from there.

But the Devuan chimaera-backports repository[Release file](http://deb.devuan.org/devuan/dists/chimaera-backports/Release)does not have those lines.

For background, here is the thread where this is being discussed, starting at post #15 in the thread.
[https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=4567](http://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=4567)

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 at 6:01 PM, juu <[email-masked]> wrote:

> I'm running Devuan Chimaera and recently discovered that packages were being upgraded from backports without me manually installing it from backports. I thought that these packages were just put into stable until realizing later that they were backported packages. As described here, a user on dev1galaxy forums realized that the Devuan release file does not put a pin priority of 100 on backports like it does in Debian.
>
> The Debian bullseye-backports repository has a[Release file](http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye-backports/Release)that contains these lines:
>
> NotAutomatic: yes
> ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes
>
> This confers a pin priority of 100 for all packages, which means they will not be installed unless explicitly targetted (either by version or with the--targetoption forapt) but any packages that are installed from backports will be kept updated from there.
>
> But the Devuan chimaera-backports repository[Release file](http://deb.devuan.org/devuan/dists/chimaera-backports/Release)does not have those lines.
>
> For background, here is the thread where this is being discussed, starting at post #15 in the thread.
> [https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=4567](http://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=4567)

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From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 07:58:54 +0100

Control: forcemerge -1 624

Hi,

On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 11:22:56PM +0000, juu wrote:
>    I'm running Devuan Chimaera and recently discovered that packages were
>    being upgraded from backports without me manually installing it from
>    backports. I thought that these packages were just put into stable
>    until realizing later that they were backported packages. As described
>    here, a user on dev1galaxy forums realized that the Devuan release file
>    does not put a pin priority of 100 on backports like it does in Debian.
> 
>    The Debian bullseye-backports repository has a Release file that
>    contains these lines:
> 
> NotAutomatic: yes

Thanks for reporting this. I have changed the configuration in DAK. It may take
up to a day to be propagated. I will check again tomorrow before closing the bug
as fixed.

Mark

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From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 10:08:57 +0100

reassign 623 amprolla
forcemerge 623 624

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From: "Devuan bug Tracking System" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 18:32:04 +0000

This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report
which was filed against the amprolla package:

#623: chimaera-backports repo being used unprompted- missing pin priority

It has been closed by Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>.

Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a
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Subject: Re: bug#623: chimaera-backports repo being used unprompted- missing pin priority
From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:28:17 +0100

> up to a day to be propagated. I will check again tomorrow before closing the bug

The configuration change has propagated to the mirrors.

Closing.

Mark

Subject: Re: chimaera-backports repo being used unprompted- missing pin priority
From: juu <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:22:56 +0000

NotAutomatic: yes

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From: "Devuan bug Tracking System" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 18:32:08 +0000

#624: chimaera-backports priority isn't set correctly

Closing.

Mark

Subject: chimaera-backports priority isn't set correctly
From: Jorenz Paragas <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 17:19:34 -0700

Package: amprolla
Version: chimaera

Hello,

Currently, if the chimaera-backports repository is enabled, packages
from there have priority over those in the main repository because the
Release file for chimaera-backports is missing the following lines:

NotAutomatic: yes

The beowulf-backports repository works properly since those lines are
present in its Release file.

Thanks in advance,
Jorenz Paragas