R SIG Debian - Jan 2023 - c2d4u: apt sees new package version as a downgrade

Hello,

I noticed a strange thing when attempting to upgrade a specific package (lavaan)
from c2d4u and wondered if someone could confirm the problem. In short, apt
seems to think that an older version from the "universe" repo is
higher than the newer version from c2d4u.

When I do

apt-cache showpkg r-cran-lavaan

I get the output at the bottom of this email. Then, I tried to force install the
0.6-13 version using

apt install r-cran-lavaan=0.6-13-1cran1.2204.0

and apt warned me that I was downgrading the package. I am wondering whether it
is because universe has a period between "6" and "10", while
c2d4u correctly has a dash between "6" and "13". If so, what
would be best practice to install 0.6-13? I could pin the version, but I worry I
will forget about it when future versions come out.

Thanks for your help,
Ed


apt-cache showpkg r-cran-lavaan
Package: r-cran-lavaan
Versions:
0.6.10-1
(/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jammy_universe_binary-amd64_Packages)
(/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jammy_universe_binary-i386_Packages)
(/var/lib/dpkg/status)
 Description Language:
                 File:
/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jammy_universe_binary-amd64_Packages
                  MD5: 2a772b73fada71cbe7ef1adb75ffec74
 Description Language: en
                 File:
/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jammy_universe_i18n_Translation-en
                  MD5: 2a772b73fada71cbe7ef1adb75ffec74

0.6-13-1cran1.2204.0
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpadcontent.net_c2d4u.team_c2d4u4.0+_ubuntu_dists_jammy_main_binary-amd64_Packages)
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpadcontent.net_c2d4u.team_c2d4u4.0+_ubuntu_dists_jammy_main_binary-i386_Packages)
 Description Language:
                 File:
/var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpadcontent.net_c2d4u.team_c2d4u4.0+_ubuntu_dists_jammy_main_binary-amd64_Packages
                  MD5: dd5a520bc860be5bdddf6ea1e4a41176
 Description Language: en
                 File:
/var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpadcontent.net_c2d4u.team_c2d4u4.0+_ubuntu_dists_jammy_main_i18n_Translation-en
                  MD5: dd5a520bc860be5bdddf6ea1e4a41176


Reverse Depends:
  r-cran-semplot,r-cran-lavaan 0.5-11
  r-cran-thurstonianirt,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-simsem,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-semtree,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-semtools,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-semsens,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-semplot,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-rsem,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-regsem,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-qgraph,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-psychonetrics,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-prosetta,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-profiler,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-nonnest2,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-nlsem,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-multileveltools,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-misty,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-miivsem,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-metasem,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-merderiv,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-medsurvey,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-mbess,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-lvnet,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-lsl,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-lavaan.survey,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-jwileymisc,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-influence.sem,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-gimme,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-faoutlier,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-eganet,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-effectliter,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-csem,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-blavaan,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-bain,r-cran-lavaan
  science-statistics,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-semtools,r-cran-lavaan 0.6-7
  r-cran-bayestestr,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-regsem,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-qgraph,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-psychtools,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-psych,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-performance,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-parameters,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-mitml,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-insight,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-effectsize,r-cran-lavaan
  r-cran-broom,r-cran-lavaan
Dependencies:
0.6.10-1 - r-base-core (2 4.1.2-1ubuntu2) r-api-4.0 (0 (null)) r-cran-mass (0
(null)) r-cran-mnormt (0 (null)) r-cran-pbivnorm (0 (null)) r-cran-numderiv (0
(null))
0.6-13-1cran1.2204.0 - r-base-core (0 (null)) r-cran-mass (0 (null))
r-cran-mnormt (0 (null)) r-cran-pbivnorm (0 (null)) r-cran-numderiv (0 (null))
Provides:
0.6.10-1 -
0.6-13-1cran1.2204.0 -
Reverse Provides:


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On 1/19/23 2:00 PM, Merkle, Edgar C. wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I noticed a strange thing when attempting to upgrade a specific package
(lavaan) from c2d4u and wondered if someone could confirm the problem. In short,
apt seems to think that an older version from the "universe" repo is
higher than the newer version from c2d4u.
> 
> When I do
> 
> apt-cache showpkg r-cran-lavaan
> 
> I get the output at the bottom of this email. Then, I tried to force
install the 0.6-13 version using
> 
> apt install r-cran-lavaan=0.6-13-1cran1.2204.0
> 
> and apt warned me that I was downgrading the package. I am wondering
whether it is because universe has a period between "6" and
"10", while c2d4u correctly has a dash between "6" and
"13". If so, what would be best practice to install 0.6-13? I could
pin the version, but I worry I will forget about it when future versions come
out.
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Ed
Ed,

Thanks for the email.  lavaan on Cran uses a dash, while the package 
built for Ubuntu via Debian uses a dot.  I will correct that in the next 
24 hours.  These small differences slip through sometimes.

Again, thanks for pointing that out.
Michael

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