Bug#1100397: apt: Changelog unavailable for package (when not latest version)

Package: apt
Version: 2.9.33
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]

When installed package is not latest version and index is out of date, "apt
changelog <pkg>" fails as below:

Considering "apt" as package (installed=2.9.32, update=2.9.33)

$ apt changelog apt
Err:1 https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org apt 2.9.32 Changelog
  Changelog unavailable for apt=2.9.32 (404  Not Found [IP: X.X.X.X 443])
Error: Failed to fetch https://metadata.ftp-
master.debian.org/changelogs/main/a/apt/apt_2.9.32_changelog  Changelog
unavailable for apt=2.9.32 (404  Not Found [IP: X.X.X.X 443])

After "apt update", it works showing 2.9.33, 2.9.32 etc. in "apt changelog".

Expected behaviour:

It should not throw error.


-- Package-specific info:

-- (/etc/apt/preferences present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/apt-listbugs present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (no /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* present) --


-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.12.17-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.145
ii  base-passwd             3.6.6
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2023.4
ii  libapt-pkg7.0           2.9.33
ii  libc6                   2.41-4
ii  libgcc-s1               14.2.0-17
ii  libseccomp2             2.5.5-2+b1
ii  libssl3t64              3.4.1-1
ii  libstdc++6              14.2.0-17
ii  libsystemd0             257.4-1
ii  sqv                     1.2.1-6+b1

Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii  ca-certificates  20241223

Versions of packages apt suggests:
ii  apt-doc         2.9.33
ii  aptitude        0.8.13-7
ii  dpkg-dev        1.22.18
ii  gnupg           2.4.7-4
ii  gnupg2          2.4.7-4
ii  powermgmt-base  1.38
ii  synaptic        0.91.5+nmu2
ii  wajig           4.1.3

-- no debconf information