Outdated SourcesList entry after Opera installation or update (Debian/sid)

[Sherlockholmes007]

Sherlockholmes007 @alexs last edited by

@alexs thanks ji

[jepjepus]

jepjepus @Sherlockholmes007 last edited by

@Sherlockholmes007 this is still to be solved.
I get the same issue after upgrading to Debian 13 and modernizing sources for repositories.

So now you have 2 types of Debian: the modernized one (with .sources file) and the old style (with .list file).

I think that it is not so difficult checking a condition to act as it corresponds: adding or not the .list or the .sources file.

Thanks,
Joep.

[evilbunny2008]

evilbunny2008 @jepjepus last edited by

I finally got round to modernising all my systems and hit the same problem.

Has anyone found a solution?

Making an empty file and using chattr +i on it also doesn't help because then package updates fails.

While apt in Debian 13 urges people to migrate, .sources files seem to be supported in Ubuntu 24.04 and Debian 12.

Why does the Opera package always need to create/update an apt config file any way?

[jepjepus]

jepjepus @evilbunny2008 last edited by

@evilbunny2008

I ended up commenting out the 'deb' line in the opera-stable.list file and left it coexisting with the opera-stable.sources I created.

jepjepus@debian:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ cat opera-stable.list
# This file makes sure that Opera Browser is kept up-to-date
# as part of regular system upgrades

#deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (final releases)


jepjepus@debian:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ cat opera-stable.sources 
Types: deb
URIs: https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/
Suites: stable
Components: non-free 
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/opera.gpg

Other browser's developers team already solved this issue.

Regards,
Josep

[evilbunny2008]

evilbunny2008 @jepjepus last edited by

@jepjepus said in Outdated SourcesList entry after Opera installation or update (Debian/sid):

I ended up commenting out the 'deb' line in the opera-stable.list file and left it coexisting with the opera-stable.sources I created.

Thanks!

I hadn't considered doing that as I assumed it'd be blindly overwritten when using chattr failed to work.

[evilbunny2008]

evilbunny2008 last edited by

Now if the Opera package could stop grep'ing the /etc/apt/sources.list file that would be nice too, at least there doesn't seem to be any issues with that being a blank file I suppose.

[i5513]

i5513 last edited by

Hello, How can we report a bug about this? Seems like I cannot create an account at https://bugs.opera.com

This change to opera-stable.postinst would solve the problem:

--- /tmp/opera-stable.postinst.current	2026-09-24 23:36:55.706764023 +0200
+++ /tmp/opera-stable.postinst.proposed	2026-09-24 23:44:53.964246904 +0200
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
 
+APT_SOURCES_FILE="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.sources"
 APT_FILE="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list"
 OPERA_REPO="deb.opera.com\/opera-stable\/"
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@
         chmod 4755 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera-stable/opera_sandbox
         db_get opera-stable/add-deb-source
         if [ "$RET" = true ]; then
-            if [ ! -f $APT_FILE ]; then
+            if [ ! -f $APT_FILE ] && [ ! -f $APT_SOURCES_FILE ]; then
                 cat > $APT_FILE <<EOF
 # This file makes sure that Opera Browser is kept up-to-date
 # as part of regular system upgrades

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @i5513 last edited by

@i5513 Menu - Help - Report a problem

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

This issue is being tracked as DNA-125850 now.

[i5513]

i5513 @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 do you have the link yo the issue ?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @i5513 last edited by

@i5513 It's not public.