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Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix

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On 8/14/21, The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> On 2021-08-14 at 19:06, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 06:26:07PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
>>
>>> I had enough trouble with this at the last Debian release,
>>
>> ... but not this time, right?
>
> Yes, this time; in fact...
>
>>> For anyone who uses 'apt-get update' - and, I suspect, any other tool
>>> than 'apt' itself - to update the list of available packages from the
>>> new release, you're at least moderately likely to see the update attempt
>>> fail with error messages like the following:
>>>
>>> > E: Repository 'http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable InRelease'
>>> > changed its 'Codename' value from 'buster' to 'bullseye'
>>
>> You copied this from the NewInBuster wiki most likely.
>
> ...nope, I copied it from a terminal on my computer, where it had just
> been output on my initial 'apt-get update' attempt.
>
>> That's where I put it, when I ran into this issue two years ago, and
>> documented it there.  It's even the same mirror that I use (which is
>> no longer the default, hence it standing out).
>>
>> The issue did not happen this time around.  Instead of getting an
>> "E:" line (error), you only get a bunch of N: (warning) lines.
>>
>> You're trying to solve a problem that doesn't actually exist any
>> more.
>
> I would love for that to have been the case, but my experience does not
> reflect it being so.
>
> Maybe somehow I'm running an older apt-get version than what has the
> fix(es)? But as far as I know that's shipped in the 'apt' package, and I
> have that at version 2.2.4, which is what's currently in both stable and
> testing (unsurprising given that they should currently be nearly
> identical).


Stuff's not totally caught up or something. I've encountered the
following a couple of times. The latest was while playing along with a
recent Debian-User Docker thread:

https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=docker

That packages page says buster is stable and bullseye is still
testing. That's possibly (likely?) not the only place still showing
similar, too.

Yesterday I debootstrap'ed in anticipation of new and not so stable.
Only a couple font packages failed as no longer available, and the
rest were already hoarded locally here. My previous experience had
been that a LOT of packages are not available because Developers
haven't brought them up to speed. Examples there would be something
like GIMP and Inkscape.

This morning there were a lot of upgrades and incidental deletions
that were more as expected. Things are slowly rolling along and
catching up to speed, I guess. :)

OR not..

Cindy :)
-- 
Cindy-Sue Causey
Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA
* runs with birdseed *

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PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-08-15 00:30 +0200
  Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-15 01:10 +0200
    Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-08-15 01:20 +0200
      Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-15 01:30 +0200
        Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2021-08-15 02:00 +0200
          Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-08-15 02:10 +0200
            Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2021-08-15 02:20 +0200
            Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2021-08-15 08:30 +0200
            Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-15 15:50 +0200
            Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix ellanios82 <ellanios82@gmail.com> - 2021-08-15 15:50 +0200
      Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2021-08-16 22:50 +0200
    Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-08-15 03:00 +0200
      Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-15 03:10 +0200
        Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-08-15 03:40 +0200
        Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix ellanios82 <ellanios82@gmail.com> - 2021-08-15 13:20 +0200
  Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-15 01:20 +0200
    Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-08-15 01:30 +0200
      Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-15 01:50 +0200
        Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-08-15 01:50 +0200
          Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-08-15 03:00 +0200
  Re: PSA: 'apt-get update' new-Debian-release error fix songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-08-15 16:50 +0200

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