apt packages have Origin "grafana stable" and Suite "stable"

[caugner]

What happened:

In order to have unattended-ugprades upgrade grafana automatically on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal), I had to add the following line to the /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades config:

Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins {
        "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}";
        "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-security";
        // Extended Security Maintenance; doesn't necessarily exist for
        // every release and this system may not have it installed, but if
        // available, the policy for updates is such that unattended-upgrades
        // should also install from here by default.
        "${distro_id}ESMApps:${distro_codename}-apps-security";
        "${distro_id}ESM:${distro_codename}-infra-security";
//      "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-updates";
//      "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-proposed";
//      "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-backports";
        "grafana stable:stable"; // Added.
};

This is due to the fact that the apt packages have the following Origin and Suite:

# grep -P "Origin|Suite" /var/lib/apt/lists/packages.grafana.com_oss_deb_dists_stable_InRelease
Origin: grafana stable
Suite: stable

What you expected to happen:

Afaik the Origin would usually just be grafana and the Suite would be focal (${distro_codename}).

How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible):

Add "grafana:${distro_codename}"; instead and unattended-upgrades won't upgrade grafana.

Anything else we need to know?:

Environment:

• Grafana version: 8.3.4 -> 8.3.6
• Data source type & version: n/a
• OS Grafana is installed on: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
• User OS & Browser: n/a
• Grafana plugins: n/a
• Others: n/a

I suggested a similar change over at mattermost/mattermost-omnibus#58.

[tleopold]

@julienduchesne Do you have any updates on this issue?

[julienduchesne]

My initial guess is that it's probably too late to fix this once the repository has been initially created

[caugner]

My initial guess is that it's probably too late to fix this once the repository has been initially created

Afaik you specify the Origin/Suite for each release, so fixing it for upcoming releases is indeed possible.

[summerwollin]

Closing as this is stale

[nevart]

That's not really stale, is it? It was just not taken care of, but the problem still exists.

[caugner]

@summerwollin Did you intend to close this as wontfix? IIRC This issue prevents admins from upgrading their Grafana instances with unattended upgrades.