apt selects which mirror/repo to download from based on their position in sources.list. If two mirrors contain the identical file, the first one will be picked, even if it's not actually the one that would win according to apt-cache policy. This is by design (based on the idea that you'll place closer/faster mirrors first), but I can see how it's disconcerting in this case.
(We take advantage of this same feature in our default sources.list by always placing -updates before security, so people only fall back to the security mirror if their local updates is lagging behind). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1516855 Title: apt shows downloads from -proposed pocket when it should use -updates pocket Status in apt package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I wanted to test an SRU kernel in -proposed; as suggested by the Wiki page, I used the following apt preferences to pin the trusty-proposed pocket to a lower priority: $ cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/proposed-updates Package: * Pin: release a=trusty-proposed Pin-Priority: 400 After installing the kernel package, I started a normal update. apt-get -us dist-upgrade didn't show any updates coming via proposed, but the actual apt-get -u dist-upgrade claimed the packages were coming from trusty-proposed all the same: sarnold@hunt:/var/cache/apt$ sudo apt-get -us dist-upgrade | grep prop sarnold@hunt:/var/cache/apt$ sudo apt-get -u dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-3.13.0-66 linux-headers-3.13.0-66-generic linux-image-3.13.0-66-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-66-generic linux-tools-3.13.0-66 linux-tools-3.13.0-66-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed: linux-headers-3.13.0-68 linux-headers-3.13.0-68-generic linux-image-3.13.0-68-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-68-generic linux-tools-3.13.0-68 linux-tools-3.13.0-68-generic squashfs-tools The following packages will be upgraded: apport apport-gtk click-reviewers-tools debootstrap firefox firefox-locale-en flashplugin-installer fonts-opensymbol grub-common grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub2-common krb5-locales libgssapi-krb5-2 libido3-0.1-0 libk5crypto3 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 libnautilus-extension1a libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-calc libreoffice-common libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk libreoffice-impress libreoffice-math libreoffice-ogltrans libreoffice-pdfimport libreoffice-presentation-minimizer libreoffice-style-human libreoffice-style-tango libreoffice-writer libxen-4.4 libxenstore3.0 libxml2 libxml2-dev libxml2-utils linux-firmware linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic linux-libc-dev linux-tools-common linux-tools-generic nautilus nautilus-data notify-osd-icons python-apport python-libxml2 python-problem-report python3-apport python3-problem-report python3-uno unity-settings-daemon uno-libs3 unzip ure wpasupplicant 61 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 167 MB/213 MB of archives. After this operation, 276 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Err http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libxml2 amd64 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5 403 Forbidden Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main libxml2 amd64 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5 [571 kB] Err http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main grub-common amd64 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.4 403 Forbidden Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main grub-common amd64 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.4 [1,676 kB] Err http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu/ trusty/main squashfs-tools amd64 1:4.2+20130409-2 403 Forbidden Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main libreoffice-calc amd64 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu3 [5,940 kB] Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main python3-problem-report all 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 [9,748 B] Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main python3-apport all 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 [75.3 kB] Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main apport all 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 [182 kB] Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main apport-gtk all 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 [9,558 B] Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main libnautilus-extension1a amd64 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu9.11 [52.1 kB] Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main linux-firmware all 1.127.18 [24.4 MB] Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main libreoffice-gnome amd64 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu3 [90.2 kB] Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main libreoffice-gtk amd64 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu3 [222 kB] Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main libreoffice-impress amd64 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu3 [1,208 kB] Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main libreoffice-writer amd64 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu3 [9,452 kB] 10% [9 linux-firmware 5,524 kB/24.4 MB 23%] [13 libreoffice-writer 682 kB/9,452^C Spot-checking the packages shows that this is entirely cosmetic: sarnold@hunt:/var/cache/apt$ apt-cache policy linux-firmware linux-firmware: Installed: 1.127.16 Candidate: 1.127.18 Version table: 1.127.18 0 500 http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages 400 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main amd64 Packages *** 1.127.16 0 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.127 0 500 http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages sarnold@hunt:/var/cache/apt$ apt-cache policy python3-apport python3-apport: Installed: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.18 Candidate: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 Version table: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 0 500 http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages 400 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main amd64 Packages *** 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.18 0 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages sarnold@hunt:/var/cache/apt$ But it is certainly enough to make me ^C the download and inspect what's going on. Thanks ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-67.110-generic 3.13.11-ckt27 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-67-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.18 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Nov 16 18:22:13 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-18 (1124 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-12 (584 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1516855/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
