Keep old updates in -updates while new one is being phased
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Launchpad itself |
Triaged
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Currently, when I have an ubuntu1 in release pocket, an ubuntu1.1 in updates, and then a new ubuntu1.2 migrates to updates; ubuntu1.1 is removed from updates, while ubuntu1.2 is phased.
This means APT has two choices when installing stuff, or upgrading: Install the ubuntu1.2 version that's not phased for us (assuming that), or install the ubuntu1 version from the release pockets.
After the fix for bug 1925745, APT will always respect phasing (currently it only does for upgrades, not new installs); but that means it will install the ubuntu1 version from the release pocket, which might be super buggy.
It would be very useful if the dominator could be changed such that old updates remain in place while the new one is phasing, such that apt can always install the "latest" version that's for our system.
tags: | added: lp-soyuz soyuz-publish |
Changed in launchpad: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
importance: | Low → High |
Bug 1954534 is an example of what happens when you already had a version from -updates installed, but then updates received a new version that's phasing, and you want to install a new binary from the source package: The installation fails, as the release pocket is unfortunately the candidate.