Debian-12-minimal error installing 'qubes-core-agent-networking'

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I can’t install the qubes-core-agent-networking package in the debian 12 minimal template because I have a broken package?

Here is the error:

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 qubes-core-agent-networking : Depends: qubes-core-agent (= 4.2.33-1+deb12u1) but 4.2.34-1+deb12u1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I have tried updating & upgrading, doesn’t help.

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I cant reproduce this error using the standard repository.
And using the testing repository offers 4.2.35 for both packages.
So it may be that you are using a bad mirror.
Can you check what repositories you have enabled in
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/qubes-r4.list ?

I never presume to speak for the Qubes team.
When I comment in the Forum I speak for myself.

3

Here are the contents of that file:

# Main qubes updates repository
deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qubes-archive-keyring-4.2.gpg ] https://deb.qubes-os.org/r4.2/vm bookworm main
#deb-src [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qubes-archive-keyring-4.2.gpg ] https://deb.qubes-os.org/r4.2/vm bookworm main

# Qubes updates candidates repository
#deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qubes-archive-keyring-4.2.gpg] https://deb.qubes-os.org/r4.2/vm bookworm-testing main
#deb-src  [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qubes-archive-keyring-4.2.gpg ]  https://deb.qubes-os.org/r4.2/vm bookworm-testing main

# Qubes security updates testing repository
#deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qubes-archive-keyring-4.2.gpg] https://deb.qubes-os.org/r4.2/vm bookworm-securitytesting main
#deb-src  [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qubes-archive-keyring-4.2.gpg ] https://deb.qubes-os.org/r4.2/vm bookworm-securitytesting main

# Qubes experimental/unstable repository
#deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qubes-archive-keyring-4.2.gpg] https://deb.qubes-os.org/r4.2/vm bookworm-unstable main
#deb-src  [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qubes-archive-keyring-4.2.gpg ] https://deb.qubes-os.org/r4.2/vm bookworm-unstable main


# Qubes Tor updates repositories
# Main qubes updates repository
#deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qubes-archive-keyring-4.2.gpg] tor+http://deb.qubesosfasa4zl44o4tws22di6kepyzfeqv3tg4e3ztknltfxqrymdad.onion/r4.2/vm bookworm main
#deb-src  [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qubes-archive-keyring-4.2.gpg ] tor+http://deb.qubesosfasa4zl44o4tws22di6kepyzfeqv3tg4e3ztknltfxqrymdad.onion/r4.2/vm bookworm main

# Qubes updates candidates repository
#deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qubes-archive-keyring-4.2.gpg] tor+http://deb.qubesosfasa4zl44o4tws22di6kepyzfeqv3tg4e3ztknltfxqrymdad.onion/r4.2/vm bookworm-testing main
#deb-src  [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qubes-archive-keyring-4.2.gpg ] tor+http://deb.qubesosfasa4zl44o4tws22di6kepyzfeqv3tg4e3ztknltfxqrymdad.onion/r4.2/vm bookworm-testing main

# Qubes security updates testing repository
#deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qubes-archive-keyring-4.2.gpg] tor+http://deb.qubesosfasa4zl44o4tws22di6kepyzfeqv3tg4e3ztknltfxqrymdad.onion/r4.2/vm bookworm-securitytesting main
#deb-src  [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qubes-archive-keyring-4.2.gpg ] tor+http://deb.qubesosfasa4zl44o4tws22di6kepyzfeqv3tg4e3ztknltfxqrymdad.onion/r4.2/vm bookworm-securitytesting main

# Qubes experimental/unstable repository
#deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qubes-archive-keyring-4.2.gpg] tor+http://deb.qubesosfasa4zl44o4tws22di6kepyzfeqv3tg4e3ztknltfxqrymdad.onion/r4.2/vm bookworm-unstable main
#deb-src  [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qubes-archive-keyring-4.2.gpg ] tor+http://deb.qubesosfasa4zl44o4tws22di6kepyzfeqv3tg4e3ztknltfxqrymdad.onion/r4.2/vm bookworm-unstable main

Qubes main repo is enabled. I also tried a re-install of the debian-12-minimal template and I still have the same issue.

Also, I installed from the ISO so the issue shouldn’t be a mirror.

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I confirm the issue. The latest qubes-template-debian-12-minimal-4.2.0-202406230213 template from templates-itl-testing repository has qubes-core-agent 4.2.34-1+deb12u1 installed even though the current stable qubes-core-agent version is 4.2.33-1+deb12u1.

user@debian-12-minimal:~$ dpkg -l | grep qubes-core-agent
ii  qubes-core-agent               4.2.34-1+deb12u1                amd64        Qubes core agent
user@debian-12-minimal:~$ apt info -a qubes-core-agent qubes-core-agent-networking
Package: qubes-core-agent
Version: 4.2.34-1+deb12u1
Status: install ok installed
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Maintainer: unman <unman@thirdeyesecurity.org>
Installed-Size: 788 kB
Depends: apt-transport-https, dconf-cli, dmsetup, gawk, graphicsmagick, init-system-helpers, initscripts | sysvinit-utils, librsvg2-bin, locales, ncurses-term, psmisc, procps, util-linux, e2fsprogs, parted, python3-qubesdb, python3-gi, python3-xdg, python3-dbus, qubes-utils (>= 3.1.3), qubes-core-qrexec (>= 4.2.19), qubesdb-vm, systemd, xdg-user-dirs, xdg-utils, xen-utils-common, xen-utils-guest, xenstore-utils, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.34), libqubes-pure0 (>= 4.2.17), libqubes-rpc-filecopy2 (>= 4.2.17), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend
Recommends: cups, gnome-terminal, gnome-themes-standard, haveged, libnotify-bin, locales-all, mate-notification-daemon, ntpdate, system-config-printer, qubes-core-agent-nautilus, qubes-core-agent-networking, qubes-core-agent-network-manager, x11-xserver-utils, xinit, xserver-xorg-core, xsettingsd, xterm
Conflicts: firewalld, pulseaudio-qubes (<< 4.2.0-1), qubes-core-agent-linux, qubes-core-vm-sysvinit, qubes-gui-agent (<< 4.1.6-1)
Homepage: https://www.qubes-os.org
Download-Size: unknown
APT-Manual-Installed: no
APT-Sources: /var/lib/dpkg/status
Description: Qubes core agent
 This package includes various daemons necessary for qubes domU support,
 such as qrexec services.

Package: qubes-core-agent
Version: 4.2.33-1+deb12u1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Maintainer: unman <unman@thirdeyesecurity.org>
Installed-Size: 764 kB
Depends: apt-transport-https, dconf-cli, dmsetup, gawk, graphicsmagick, init-system-helpers, initscripts | sysvinit-utils, librsvg2-bin, locales, ncurses-term, psmisc, procps, util-linux, e2fsprogs, parted, python3-daemon, python3-qubesdb, python3-gi, python3-xdg, python3-dbus, qubes-utils (>= 3.1.3), qubes-core-qrexec (>= 4.2.19), qubesdb-vm, systemd, xdg-user-dirs, xdg-utils, xen-utils-common, xen-utils-guest, xenstore-utils, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.34), libqubes-rpc-filecopy2 (>= 4.1.7), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend
Recommends: cups, gnome-terminal, gnome-themes-standard, haveged, libnotify-bin, locales-all, mate-notification-daemon, ntpdate, system-config-printer, qubes-core-agent-nautilus, qubes-core-agent-networking, qubes-core-agent-network-manager, x11-xserver-utils, xinit, xserver-xorg-core, xsettingsd, xterm
Conflicts: firewalld, pulseaudio-qubes (<< 4.2.0-1), qubes-core-agent-linux, qubes-core-vm-sysvinit, qubes-gui-agent (<< 4.1.6-1)
Homepage: https://www.qubes-os.org
Download-Size: 97.8 kB
APT-Sources: https://deb.qubes-os.org/r4.2/vm bookworm/main amd64 Packages
Description: Qubes core agent
 This package includes various daemons necessary for qubes domU support,
 such as qrexec services.

Package: qubes-core-agent-networking
Version: 4.2.33-1+deb12u1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: qubes-core-agent
Maintainer: unman <unman@thirdeyesecurity.org>
Installed-Size: 110 kB
Depends: qubes-core-agent (= 4.2.33-1+deb12u1), tinyproxy, nftables, conntrack, socat, iproute2, python3:any
Breaks: qubes-core-agent (<< 4.0.0-1)
Replaces: qubes-core-agent (<< 4.0.0-1)
Homepage: https://www.qubes-os.org
Download-Size: 28.2 kB
APT-Sources: https://deb.qubes-os.org/r4.2/vm bookworm/main amd64 Packages
Description: Networking support for Qubes VM
 This package provides:
  * basic network functionality (setting IP address, DNS, default gateway)
  * proxy service used by TemplateVMs to download updates
  * qubes-firewall service (FirewallVM)
 .
 Note: if you want to use NetworkManager (you do want it in NetVM), install
 also qubes-core-agent-network-manager.
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I switched to the testing repo, and this solved the issue. I’ll switch back once the latest testing reaches main.