• Bug#1100397: apt: Changelog unavailable for package (when not latest ve

    From Julian Andres Klode@21:1/5 to sidt on Thu Mar 13 13:30:01 2025
    Control: forcemerge 1059954 -1

    On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 11:10:09AM +0000, sidt wrote:
    Package: apt
    Version: 2.9.33
    Severity: normal
    X-Debbugs-Cc: sidtosh4@gmail.com

    When installed package is not latest version and index is out of date, "apt changelog 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".

    This is already being tracked in bug 1059954, as you'd have found out
    if you had looked for existing bugs mentioning "changelog" in the
    subject.
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