expected devel but got groovy

[troyBORG]

W: Conflicting distribution: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu devel-security InRelease (expected devel-security but got groovy)

W: Conflicting distribution: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu devel InRelease (expected devel but got groovy)

W: Conflicting distribution: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu devel-updates InRelease (expected devel-updates but got groovy)

W: Conflicting distribution: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu devel-backports InRelease (expected devel-backports but got groovy)

I noticed this, unsure if its a bug.

[basak]

This is https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1728616

[m-ueberall]

For the record, I've cloned an existing LXD container (based on Focal Fossa/20.04LTS), bypassed the warnings and ended up with the above. Despite the hundreds of initial updates, this effectively does not allow me to upgrade to QEmu 5.0 …

[flexiondotorg]

Qemu is currently 4.2 in groovy/devel. Are you getting qemu from a PPA?

[m-ueberall]

Qemu is currently 4.2 in groovy/devel. Are you getting qemu from a PPA?

My bad, I misread the overview on Launchpad, should have looked at groovy-proposed.

[troyBORG]

I guess i was wondering if there was a way to squelch the warnings?

[p4j0c4]

I looked for a solution to get rid of apt update errors Conflicting distribution: ... not being shown when executing the command in a terminal.

The workaround can be done by creating the following aliases, which I created with the following file name:

~/.bash_aliases

alias sudo='sudo '
alias apt='apt '
alias update='update |& grep -v "Conflicting distribution:"'

Comments:

[+] Take into account the spaces at the end of the first two aliases.

To apply the new aliases without logout or reboot, execute the following command:

source ~/.bash_aliases

To apply the same patch for the root user, just copy the same file to the root directory:

sudo cp -v ~/.bash_aliases /root/

I wish I would have found a better and more elegant solution, but with this patch at least the apt update errors Conflicting distribution: ... will no longer be shown.

In this way any other apt update errors will be shown.