APT 3.1 with with Solver3 do "Upgrade by source package" by default

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    • Type: Problem report
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Priority: Critical
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    • Affects Version/s: 6.0.46, 7.0.27, 7.4.11, 8.0.0beta2 (master)
    • Component/s: Documentation (D)
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    • Environment:
      Ubuntu 26.04.x
      Ubuntu 24.04.x
      Debian 12.x/13.x
    • Support backlog
    • 0.1
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      Steps to reproduce:

      1. use Zabbix Server 7.0.x any old minor version
      2. try to install any new to the system component like: 'apt install zabbix-sender'

      Result:

      Suggested packages:
  odbc-postgresql tdsodbc zabbix-frontend-php virtual-mysql-server
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  fping libcares2 libevent-extra-2.1-7t64 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7t64 libltdl7 libmysqlclient21 libodbc2 libopenipmi0t64 mysql-client mysql-client-8.0 mysql-client-core-8.0 mysql-common zabbix-server-mysql
The following packages will be upgraded:
  zabbix-agent2
1 upgraded, 13 newly installed, 0 to remove and 226 not upgraded.
Need to get 11.6 MB of archives.

      Any new package from the same repo will trigger upgrade of all packages installed from this repo. 

      apt-cache policy zabbix-agent2 zabbix-sender
zabbix-agent2:
  Installed: 1:7.4.5-2+ubuntu24.04
  Candidate: 1:7.4.11-1+ubuntu24.04
  Version table:
     1:7.4.11-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.10-2+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.10-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.9-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.8-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.7-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.6-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
 *** 1:7.4.5-2+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:7.4.5-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.4-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.3-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.2-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.1-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.0-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
zabbix-sender:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1:7.4.11-1+ubuntu24.04
  Version table:
     1:7.4.11-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.10-2+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.10-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.9-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.8-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.7-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.6-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.5-2+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.5-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.4-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.3-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.2-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.1-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages
     1:7.4.0-1+ubuntu24.04 500
        500 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/stable/ubuntu noble/main arm64 Packages

      Expected:
      If possible to revert APT 3.1/Solver3 handling by package configuration.
      If not - make the documentation note, especially upgrade pages and installation:

      https://linuxconfig.org/what-is-new-in-apt-3-1-on-ubuntu-26-04
      https://lwn.net/Articles/1017315/

            Assignee:
            Vladislavs Sokurenko
            Reporter:
            Edgar Akhmetshin
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