Debian/Ubuntu at packages.microsoft.com not updated for 7.4.2 release

[J0F3]

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Steps to reproduce

Version 7.4.2 can not be installed installed on Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 through the official Microsoft Repo (packages.microsoft.com)

It seems that the deb packages for 7.4.2 are not get pushed to the repo because at https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/20.04/prod/pool/main/p/powershell/ and https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/22.04/prod/pool/main/p/powershell/ is 7.4.1 still the latest version.

It seems also to be the same for Debian packages.

Please update the repos because this currently prevents users to update to the latest LTS PowerShell version.

Thx!

Expected behavior

`apt-get update` should update powershell to version 7.4.2

Actual behavior

`apt-get update` finds no update for powershell.
Explicit installation of 7.4.2 with `apt-get install powershell=7.4.2-1.deb` fails because the package can not be found.

Error details

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[juvtib]

Hi Jonas,

I don't have any information about the .DEB. But, I want to add to your issue that the snap is also out-of-date. This is a common issue on Linux. The latest version of PowerShell was released on April 11, but we're still waiting for updates on officially supported platforms.

Regards,

$PSVersionTable         

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.4.1
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.4.1
OS                             openSUSE Tumbleweed
Platform                       Unix
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0


snap refresh --list     

All snaps up to date.


snap list powershell    

Name        Version  Rev  Tracking       Publisher              Notes
powershell  7.4.1    264  latest/stable  microsoft-powershell✓  classic

See Also

• Platform Support - Investments for 2024
• PowerShell Snap Out of Date #21056 (comment)

[robamoroso]

I'd like to add that since the latest version of powershell available in the official apt repo is 7.4.1 it takes a long time to start up because it checks for the new version and displays a message. This happened on a previous update as well and was resolved when the new version was available and the update message wasn't being displayed. Additionally, because powershell takes so long to start due to the update check, it also causes VS Code to fail to load the powershell module because it times out before pwsh finished loading. I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 at present.

[juvtib]

it takes a long time to start up because it checks for the new version and displays a message.

If you'd like, you can add an export command to the bottom of ~/.profile and then log back in.

# PowerShell Update Setting
export POWERSHELL_UPDATECHECK=Off

• about Update Notifications | Microsoft Learn
• Skip powershell startup check for new version | Stack Overflow
• How do I set environment variables? | Ask Ubuntu

[matsest]

Still not updated. As this is an officially supported installation method it's sad to see that this is not kept updated along with the pwsh releases.