Bug#574956: libconfigreader-simple-perl: keeps upgrading - to the same version!

[gregor herrmann]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:31:46 -0400, Celejar wrote:

> > * I'm sure this is not a problem of the package, the package is not
> >   doing anything else than having a version, the handling of upgrades
> >   etc. is handled by apt* and friends.
> I figured as much; I'm just trying to understand why I only see this
> problem with this particular package.

Thanks for your quick reply.
And I'm also curious to find out what's happening here :)
 
> > * I'm not surprised that aptitude offers an upgrade; in my experience
> >   packages from a mirror have precedence over locally installed
> >   packages, even if they have the same version.  
> Everything's both localhost and from the mirror; aptitude is pointed
> toward an approx installation running on localhost.

Ok.
 
> > * The interesting thing now is why the upgrade doesn't happen; some
> >   random thoughts: Do you have some pinning in /etc/apt/preferences{,.d/*}?
> No.

Ok.
 
> >   Does an aptitude update change anything? Doesn apt-get behave the
> No change after repeated updates.  Same with apt-get.

Ok.

Hm, any difference with upgrade/dist-upgrade/reinstall?
 
> >   same way as aptitude? What happens if you exchange localhost with
> >   some "real" mirror?
> Same.

Ok.
 
> So, in summary:
> My system endlessly tries to upgrade the package to the same version,
> even after repeated updating, with both apt and aptitude, no pinning,
> and even when cutting approx out of the loop and using a mirror
> directly.

Thanks for trying all these options,
TBH, I'm running out of ideas ...

Cheers,
gregor 
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