[Aptitude-devel] Bug#931543: Bug#931536: aptitude update fails to cope with changed release info

[Francesco Poli]

On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 16:41:27 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote:

[...]
> I am looking forward to seeing this fix implemented.

Hello again!

After more than two years, this bug is still unfixed in aptitude...

  # cat /etc/apt/sources.list
  deb http://deb.debian.org/debian testing main
  deb http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main

  deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security testing-security main
  # aptitude update && aptitude --purge-unused safe-upgrade
  Get: 1 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing InRelease [81.6 kB]
  Get: 2 http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable InRelease [165 kB]
  Get: 3 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security testing-security InRelease [35.6 kB]
  Fetched 282 kB in 8s (36.6 kB/s)
  E: Repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian testing InRelease' changed its 'Codename' value from 'bullseye' to 'bookworm'
  E: Repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian-security testing-security InRelease' changed its 'Codename' value from 'bullseye-security' to 'bookworm-security'
  E: Failed to download some files
  W: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/InRelease:
  W: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/dists/testing-security/InRelease:
  E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.


Once again, I had to work around the bug by using 'apt update':

  # apt update
  Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing InRelease [81.6 kB]
  Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable InRelease
  Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security testing-security InRelease [35.6 kB]
  E: Repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian testing InRelease' changed its 'Codename' value from 'bullseye' to 'bookworm'
  N: This must be accepted explicitly before updates for this repository can be applied. See apt-secure(8) manpage for details.
  Do you want to accept these changes and continue updating from this repository? [y/N] y
  E: Repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian-security testing-security InRelease' changed its 'Codename' value from 'bullseye-security' to 'bookworm-security'
  N: This must be accepted explicitly before updates for this repository can be applied. See apt-secure(8) manpage for details.
  Do you want to accept these changes and continue updating from this repository? [y/N] y
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree... Done
  Reading state information... Done
  4 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.


At that point, I was able to resume my usual upgrade routine
with:

  # aptitude update && aptitude --purge-unused safe-upgrade



Are there any plans to fix this bug in aptitude once and for all?
Please 

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