Bug#1135171: marked as done (apt: Downgrading with same-version package)

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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:52:41 +0200
From: Chris Hofstaedtler <[email protected]>
To: Matthias Urlichs <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#1135171: apt: Downgrading with same-version package
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On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 08:02:45PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> apt insists on "downgrading" a package -- by replacing it with the exact same version.
> 
> This is on a Raspberry Pi 3.
> 
> 
> # apt dist-upgrade
> DOWNGRADING:
>   libpisp-common
> 
> Summary:
>   Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Downgrading: 1, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
>   Download size: 8,954 B
>   Space needed: 0 B / 56.3 GB available
> 
> Continue? [Y/n]
> Get:1 http://archive.raspberrypi.com/debian trixie/main arm64 libpisp-common all 1.4.0-1 [8,954 B]
[..]
 
> # apt show -a libpisp-common
> APT-Sources: http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian testing/main arm64 Packages
> APT-Sources: http://archive.raspberrypi.com/debian trixie/main arm64 Packages
[..] 
> # cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.sources
> URIs: http://archive.raspberrypi.com/debian/

Please report bugs with third-party repositories to them.

Best,
Chris
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