On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 08:33:28PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: >Hi, > >Steve McIntyre writes: >> On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 09:45:39AM +0200, intrigeri wrote: >>>Hi, >>> >>>Sven Joachim: >>>> The package priorities on security.debian.org differ from the ones in >>>> the main archive >>> >>>Here's another brand new example: >>> >>>$ apt-cache show mutt | grep -E '^(Version|Priority)' >>>Version: 1.7.2-1+deb9u1 >>>Priority: standard >>>Version: 1.7.2-1 >>>Priority: optional >>> >>>This causes mutt to be installed by default in some setups since >>>1.7.2-1+deb9u1 was uploaded, which was not the case before 2018-08-17. >>> >>>Is there anything a DD who's not on the ftpmaster team can do to help >>>fix that? (I was not able to find the relevant file that needs to >>>be updated.) >> >> Nod. That exact example is causing real problems for users - see >> >> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/11/msg00022.html > >I fixed this for mutt (and mutt-kz) in stable (pending the next >publishing of the security archive), but we should make sure that >overrides on security-master match those on ftp-master (and not just >import the initial override and ignore later updates). I'll leave the >bug open for that.
Thanks! Do you have a feel for how much work that might be please? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "Every time you use Tcl, God kills a kitten." -- Malcolm Ray
