Debian Trixie and the new DEB822 source format affects weewx

[Andrew Bauer (Andy)]

When upgrading to Debian Trixie, one of the final steps is to call apt modernize-sources.

This will convert all your debian source files under /etc/apt/sources.list.d to the new DEB822 format. This includes the weewx source file.

This will create a new weewx.sources file and rename the old sources file to weewx.list.bak.

After doing so, you may see the following message when calling apt update:

Notice: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-amd64/Packages' as repository 'https://weewx.com/apt/python3 buster InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'amd64'

To make that go away, append Architectures: all to weewx.sources like so:

Types: deb
URIs: https://weewx.com/apt/python3/
Suites: buster
Components: main
Signed-By: /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/weewx.gpg
Architectures: all

That is it.

[matthew wall]

andy,

thank you for posting the workaround for this.

apparently the 'apt modernize-sources' function was released before ready for prime time. there is a bug about apt not including architecture (or other attributes) when modernizing:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1094709

if you prefer to *not* risk modernization of your sources from .list to .sources, then you can make apt shut up about it:

https://daniel-lange.com/archives/192-Make-apt-shut-up-about-modernize-sources-in-Trixie.html

for those curious about what DEB822 is and why:

https://repolib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deb822-format.html

fwiw, the weewx apt repo explicitly states (in its Release file) that all architectures are supported.

m

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[Jamie Stephens]

thank you for the workaround