[ZBX-19947] Unable to downgrade packages with apt on Debian-based systems Created: 2021 Sep 10 Updated: 2024 May 02 Resolved: 2024 Apr 05 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | ZABBIX BUGS AND ISSUES |
| Component/s: | Packages (C) |
| Affects Version/s: | 5.4.4, 6.0.21, 6.4.6 |
| Fix Version/s: | 6.0.29rc1, 6.4.14rc1, 7.0.0beta3, 7.0 (plan) |
| Type: | Problem report | Priority: | Major |
| Reporter: | Khatsayuk Alexander | Assignee: | Jurijs Klopovskis |
| Resolution: | Fixed | Votes: | 3 |
| Labels: | None | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
| Original Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
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| Team: |  Team B |
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| Sprint: | Sprint 80 (Sep 2021), Sprint 104 (Sep 2023), Sprint 105 (Oct 2023), Sprint 106 (Nov 2023), Sprint 107 (Dec 2023), S2401, S24-W14/15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Story Points: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Description |
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Hello! Now we have no ability to downgrade Zabbix packages on Debian-based systems because of repository Package file contains information about latest version only, e.g.: apt-cache policy zabbix-agent2 zabbix-agent2: Installed: 1:5.4.4-1+ubuntu20.04 Candidate: 1:5.4.4-1+ubuntu20.04 Version table: *** 1:5.4.4-1+ubuntu20.04 500 500 http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status So, we cannot do something like this to downgrade to 5.4.3: apt install zabbix-agent2=5.4.3 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Version '5.4.3' for 'zabbix-agent2' was not found |
| Comments |
| Comment by Jurijs Klopovskis [ 2021 Sep 13 ] |
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This is a known issue and needs to be addressed. CONFIRMED |
| Comment by Jurijs Klopovskis [ 2021 Sep 20 ] |
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After some investigating I've concluded that it's not feasible with our current setup. We use reprepro to manage deb package repos. Unfortunately it can only store a single version of each package per distribution in its database. Some attempts to fix that were made, but to no avail. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570623 Another solution would be to move away from reprepro to dak or mini-dak, but that's too big of an effort at this time. The only workaround that I can think of is to manually download a specific package version and install it directly with dpkg. Possible pin the package version to prevent updates, if that's what you need. |
| Comment by dimir [ 2021 Sep 21 ] |
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Congirming as duplicate ( |
| Comment by dimir [ 2023 Nov 06 ] |
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Adding index of previous versions didn't appear to be a trivial task with current packaging that we have. Looks like reprepro, that we rely on does not have that option. We'll investigate on the possibilities to implement it but it will take some time. We are open for suggestions if anyone has them. |
| Comment by Jurijs Klopovskis [ 2024 Feb 01 ] |
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Regenerated metadata for all deb-based pre-7.0 repos, to include all version in Packages file.
If all goes well, will update 6.4 and later 6.0 repos as well. But first let's test it some, using unstable packages. Report any problems you find. |
| Comment by Mickael Martin [ 2024 Mar 05 ] |
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Thank you! |
| Comment by Jurijs Klopovskis [ 2024 Mar 19 ] |
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Done in 6.4 |
| Comment by Jurijs Klopovskis [ 2024 May 02 ] |
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Done for 6.0 |