Confirmed. And it still repros in 0.16. Though I have the karmic repos configured too with a priority of 400 in my apt/preferences file which seems to make it mistakenly report the release as "karmic" and think that the package is upgradeable when it's not.
$ apt-show-versions serpentine serpentine/karmic *manually* upgradeable from 0.9-5ubuntu4.1 to 0.9-6ubuntu1 $ apt-cache policy serpentine serpentine: Installed: 0.9-5ubuntu4.1 Candidate: 0.9-5ubuntu4.1 Version table: 0.9-6ubuntu1 0 400 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages *** 0.9-5ubuntu4.1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.9-5ubuntu4 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages $ cat /etc/apt/preferences Package: * Pin: release a=karmic Pin-Priority: 400 $ ** Changed in: apt-show-versions (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- apt-show-versions cannot show jaunty-update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/390937 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs