Package updates is inflated by 1, when there are none

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#5086 Package updates is inflated by 1, when there are none

Milestone: 1.870

Status: open

Owner: nobody

Labels: Package updates (2)

Priority: 5

Updated: 2019-05-26

Created: 2018-02-21

Creator: Roland Heymanns

Private: No

The dashboard says:
Package updates 1 package update is available
but there are no, or no more, updates available at Software Package Updates:
No packages available to be updated were found.

This inflated figure of 1 appeared about a month or so ago.

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Discussion

Jamie Cameron - 2018-02-22

Does clicking the Refresh button on the Systrem Information page help?

Also, which Linux distribution is this on?

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Roland Heymanns - 2018-02-23

Refreshing does not help, and the OS is Ubuntu Linux 16.04.2

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Jamie Cameron - 2018-02-24

Do you have the apt-show-versions command installed on your system?

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Roland Heymanns - 2018-02-24

webmin:all 1.870 installed: No available version in archive

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Roland Heymanns - 2018-02-24

Let me know if there are any other lines that might be of interest

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Roland Heymanns - 2018-02-24

It looks like I solved this problem, by manually upgrading.

apt list --upgradable -a
Listing... Done
python-zope.hookable/xenial 4.0.4-4+ubuntu16.04.1+certbot+1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4.0.4-4build2]
python-zope.hookable/xenial,now 4.0.4-4build2 amd64 [installed,upgradable to: 4.0.4-4+ubuntu16.04.1+certbot+1]

apt upgrade

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Roland Heymanns - 2018-02-24

The -a switch in
apt list --upgradable -a
showed modules that did not show without it.

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Jamie Cameron - 2018-02-25

Ok, I think the issue is that without the apt-show-versions command, Webmin is forced to implement it's own logic for figuring out what updates exists. And for that python-zope package the two versions are unusual enough that they can't be compared.

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Roland Heymanns - 2018-02-26

The apt-show-versions command exists, and the line
webmin:all 1.870 installed: No available version in archive
is a produced by it, amongst others, which I did not want to show here on a public forum.
The python-zope package looks like it came with the Let's Encrypt certbot.

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Jamie Cameron - 2018-03-01

What if you run apt-show-versions | grep zope

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Roland Heymanns - 2019-05-26

Sorry Jamie, I never came back to look for more, since the problem was solved.

apt-show-versions | grep zope
produces ....

python-zope.component:all/xenial 4.3.0-1+ubuntu16.04.1+certbot+3 uptodate
python-zope.event:all/xenial 4.2.0-1 uptodate
python-zope.hookable:amd64/xenial 4.0.4-4+ubuntu16.04.1+certbot+1 uptodate
python-zope.hookable:i386 not installed
python-zope.interface:amd64/xenial 4.3.2-1+ubuntu16.04.1+certbot+1 uptodate
python-zope.interface:i386 not installed
python3-zope.component:all/xenial 4.3.0-1+ubuntu16.04.1+certbot+3 uptodate
python3-zope.event:all/xenial 4.2.0-1 uptodate
python3-zope.hookable:amd64/xenial 4.0.4-4+ubuntu16.04.1+certbot+1 uptodate
python3-zope.hookable:i386 not installed
python3-zope.interface:amd64/xenial 4.3.2-1+ubuntu16.04.1+certbot+1 uptodate
python3-zope.interface:i386 not installed

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Ilia - 2019-05-26

Please update to Webmin 1.910.

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