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Re: Bookworm: Why don't I get the latest version of firefox-esr?

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Greg Wooledge

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Jun 22, 2023, 8:20:06 PM6/22/23
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On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 09:42:54AM +0930, Christian Gelinek wrote:
> I just checked my Firefox version and noticed that I don't seem to have the
> latest one available:
>
> $ apt show firefox-esr 2>/dev/null |grep Version
> Version: 102.11.0esr-1

Do an "apt-cache policy firefox-esr" to see more details.

Make sure you've got a bookworm-security source in your sources.list.

unicorn:~$ apt-cache policy firefox-esr
firefox-esr:
Installed: 102.12.0esr-1~deb12u1
Candidate: 102.12.0esr-1~deb12u1
Version table:
*** 102.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 500
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
102.11.0esr-1 500
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages

Christian Gelinek

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Jun 22, 2023, 8:20:06 PM6/22/23
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Greetings!

I just checked my Firefox version and noticed that I don't seem to have
the latest one available:

$ apt show firefox-esr 2>/dev/null |grep Version
Version: 102.11.0esr-1
$ curl https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/web/firefox-esr 2>/dev/null
|grep '<h1>Package'
<h1>Package: firefox-esr (102.12.0esr-1~deb12u1)
$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
1 package can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see it.
$ apt list --upgradable -a
Listing... Done
libgpod-common/stable 0.8.3-17+b1 amd64 [upgradable from: 0.8.3-17]
libgpod-common/now 0.8.3-17 amd64 [installed,upgradable to: 0.8.3-17+b1]

Can anyone enlighten me what is going on? Why doesn't apt see that
there's a newer version available?

Thanks for your time,
Christian

Christian Gelinek

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Jun 22, 2023, 8:40:05 PM6/22/23
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On 23/6/23 09:45, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> Do an "apt-cache policy firefox-esr" to see more details.
>
> Make sure you've got a bookworm-security source in your sources.list.
>
> unicorn:~$ apt-cache policy firefox-esr
> firefox-esr:
> Installed: 102.12.0esr-1~deb12u1
> Candidate: 102.12.0esr-1~deb12u1
> Version table:
> *** 102.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 500
> 500 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/main amd64 Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 102.11.0esr-1 500
> 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages
>

Thanks for that, indeed it's not there:

$ apt-cache policy firefox-esr
firefox-esr:
Installed: 102.11.0esr-1
Candidate: 102.11.0esr-1
Version table:
*** 102.11.0esr-1 500
500 http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux bookworm-DI-alpha2 _Bookworm_ - Official
Alpha amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20230218-23:57]/ bookworm main
non-free-firmware

deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware
contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware
contrib non-free

...could this be an artefact from me having installed Bookworm while it
was still in Testing?

$ echo 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security
main' |sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease
[48.0 kB]
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/main amd64
Packages [30.4 kB]
Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/main i386
Packages [29.8 kB]
Get:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/main
Translation-en [15.0 kB]
Fetched 123 kB in 0s (307 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
16 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

$ apt list --upgradable
Listing... Done
firefox-esr/stable-security 102.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 amd64 [upgradable
from: 102.11.0esr-1]
gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0/stable-security 2.40.2-1~deb12u1 amd64
[upgradable from: 2.40.1-1]
gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1/stable-security 2.40.2-1~deb12u1 amd64
[upgradable from: 2.40.1-1]
gir1.2-webkit2-4.0/stable-security 2.40.2-1~deb12u1 amd64 [upgradable
from: 2.40.1-1]
gir1.2-webkit2-4.1/stable-security 2.40.2-1~deb12u1 amd64 [upgradable
from: 2.40.1-1]
libgpod-common/stable 0.8.3-17+b1 amd64 [upgradable from: 0.8.3-17]
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18/stable-security 2.40.2-1~deb12u1 amd64
[upgradable from: 2.40.1-1]
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-0/stable-security 2.40.2-1~deb12u1 amd64
[upgradable from: 2.40.1-1]
libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1/stable-security 2.40.2-1~deb12u1 amd64
[upgradable from: 2.40.1-1]
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37/stable-security 2.40.2-1~deb12u1 amd64 [upgradable
from: 2.40.1-1]
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0/stable-security 2.40.2-1~deb12u1 amd64 [upgradable
from: 2.40.1-1]
libwebkitgtk-6.0-4/stable-security 2.40.2-1~deb12u1 amd64 [upgradable
from: 2.40.1-1]
libx11-6/stable-security 2:1.8.4-2+deb12u1 amd64 [upgradable from:
2:1.8.4-2]
libx11-data/stable-security,stable-security 2:1.8.4-2+deb12u1 all
[upgradable from: 2:1.8.4-2]
libx11-xcb1/stable-security 2:1.8.4-2+deb12u1 amd64 [upgradable from:
2:1.8.4-2]
thunderbird/stable-security 1:102.12.0-1~deb12u1 amd64 [upgradable from:
1:102.11.0-1]

Seems to be working, thank you very much!

Konstantin Nebel

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Jun 27, 2023, 11:10:05 AM6/27/23
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Hi,

> Can anyone enlighten me what is going on? Why doesn't apt see that
> there's a newer version available?

please share apt-cache policy firefox-esr with us.

mine says this:

firefox-esr:
Installed: 102.12.0esr-1~deb12u1
Candidate: 102.12.0esr-1~deb12u1
Version table:
*** 102.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 500
500 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/main
amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
102.11.0esr-1 500
500 http://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm/
main amd64 Packages

Cheers
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