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Re: [solved] Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release

From Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: [solved] Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release
Date 2020-06-14 15:10 +0200
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On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 03:30:08PM +1000, David wrote:
> Greg thanks for providing a worked example, but I was disappointed that you
> did not actually test the command given on the wiki page, the one that
> failed for me. In your example, you used
> 
>   $ apt-get source ksh
> 
> How do you know which suite that command downloads the source from?

I've seen so many differing instructions for "simple sid backport" that
I can't even remember all of them.  What I used was totally from memory,
and it probably a pastiche of several different suggestions I've seen
over the years.

Whatever issue you're seeing with some new-fangled set of instructions
is probably a more recent artifact.  The steps I followed do not have
those issues.  "apt-get source foo" pulls from the most recent available
deb-src with no issues for me.

I've seen other people who had to do the "apt-get source foo/unstable"
thing but I never dug into the matter to try to figure out what the
underlying cause is.

> I found myself wishing that you had tested the command that actually failed
> for me in my posted question:
> 
>   $ apt source -t unstable cgdb

I don't know anything about that syntax.  Never used it.

I didn't need to specify which deb-src to use, for ksh, at all.

> That's what triggered the bug/error. Does it work for you?

unicorn:/tmp/q$ apt source -t unstable cgdb
Reading package lists... Done
E: The value 'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release as such a release is not available in the sources
E: Unable to find a source package for 

unicorn:/tmp/q$ apt-get source -t unstable cgdb
Reading package lists... Done
E: The value 'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release as such a release is not available in the sources
E: Unable to find a source package for 

unicorn:/tmp/q$ apt-get source cgdb
Reading package lists... Done
Need to get 680 kB of source archives.
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian buster/main cgdb 0.6.7-2 (dsc) [1,088 B]
Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian buster/main cgdb 0.6.7-2 (tar) [674 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian buster/main cgdb 0.6.7-2 (diff) [4,465 B]
Fetched 680 kB in 2s (320 kB/s)
dpkg-source: info: extracting cgdb in cgdb-0.6.7
dpkg-source: info: unpacking cgdb_0.6.7.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: unpacking cgdb_0.6.7-2.debian.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: using patch list from debian/patches/series
dpkg-source: info: applying mips_defines.diff
dpkg-source: info: applying manpage.diff
dpkg-source: info: applying texinfo_itemx.diff

unicorn:/tmp/q$ apt-get source cgdb/unstable
Reading package lists... Done
Selected version '0.6.7-2' (unstable) for cgdb
Skipping already downloaded file 'cgdb_0.6.7-2.dsc'
Skipping already downloaded file 'cgdb_0.6.7.orig.tar.gz'
Skipping already downloaded file 'cgdb_0.6.7-2.debian.tar.gz'
Need to get 0 B of source archives.
Skipping unpack of already unpacked source in cgdb-0.6.7

*shrug*  I don't know what's going on there.  cgdb is not a pacakge I'm
familiar with, and according to packages.debian.org, the difference
between the buster and sid versions is very small (0.6.7-2+b4 vs.
0.6.7-2+b5).

That makes it extra hard to see whether something actually worked.

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SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is invalid  for APT::Default-Release David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-06-12 14:10 +0200
  Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-06-12 15:30 +0200
    Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-12 15:50 +0200
  Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-12 15:50 +0200
    Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-12 17:20 +0200
      Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-12 17:30 +0200
        Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-12 18:10 +0200
          Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-12 18:20 +0200
            Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-12 18:40 +0200
              Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-12 18:40 +0200
              Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-06-12 18:40 +0200
                Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-12 18:50 +0200
                Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-06-12 19:00 +0200
                Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-12 19:10 +0200
                Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-12 19:10 +0200
                Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-06-12 19:20 +0200
                Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-12 19:40 +0200
                Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-12 20:00 +0200
              Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release steve <dlist@bluewin.ch> - 2020-06-12 18:50 +0200
        Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-13 11:10 +0200
          Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-13 11:30 +0200
            Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-13 12:00 +0200
              Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-06-13 12:10 +0200
  Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value 'unstable' is  invalid for APT::Default-Release Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-12 18:10 +0200
    [solved] Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value  'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-06-13 07:40 +0200
      Re: [solved] Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value  'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-06-13 10:00 +0200
        Re: [solved] Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value  'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-06-23 05:20 +0200
      Re: [solved] Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value  'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-13 11:00 +0200
        Re: [solved] Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value  'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-06-23 05:20 +0200
      Re: [solved] Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value  'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-06-14 15:10 +0200
        Re: [solved] Re: SimpleBackportCreation attempt says: The value  'unstable' is invalid for APT::Default-Release David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-06-23 05:20 +0200

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