On Thursday 27 October 2005 12:47, Frans Pop wrote:
> So I guess we also need an option like
> APT::Authentication::TrustFILE "true";
Patch for apt that does this (tested):
diff -ru ../apt-0.6.42.1/apt-pkg/deb/debmetaindex.cc ./apt-pkg/deb/debmetaindex.cc
--- ../apt-0.6.42.1/apt-pkg/deb/debmetaindex.cc 2005-10-20 11:33:43.000000000 +0200
+++ ./apt-pkg/deb/debmetaindex.cc 2005-10-27 13:08:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@
if(URI.substr(0,strlen("cdrom:")) == "cdrom:")
return true;
+ if(_config->FindB("APT::Authentication::TrustFILE", false))
+ if(URI.substr(0,strlen("file:")) == "file:")
+ return true;
+
if (FileExists(VerifiedSigFile))
return true;
return false;
diff -ru ../apt-0.6.42.1/doc/examples/configure-index ./doc/examples/configure-index
--- ../apt-0.6.42.1/doc/examples/configure-index 2005-10-20 11:33:43.000000000 +0200
+++ ./doc/examples/configure-index 2005-10-27 13:09:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
Authentication
{
TrustCDROM "false"; // consider the CDROM always trusted
+ TrustFILE "false"; // consider file sources always trusted
};
GPGV
diff -ru ../apt-0.6.42.1/debian/changelog ./debian/changelog
--- ../apt-0.6.42.1/debian/changelog 2005-10-23 11:28:51.000000000 +0200
+++ ./debian/changelog 2005-10-27 13:10:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+apt (0.6.42.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * added "APT::Authentication::TrustFILE" option; also needed by
+ installer people
+
+ -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:09:46 +0200
+
apt (0.6.42.1) unstable; urgency=low
* fix a incorrect example in the apt_prefrences man page
This would also mean patching base-installer of course to add the proper
line to /etc/apt/apt.conf.
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