Bug#248211: apt: the "unauthenticated packages prompt more intuitive" is not so intuitive !
Package: apt
Version: 0.6.22
Severity: normal
Tags: experimental
Hello,
If I say "yes" to install without verification it fails, but it works if
I say "no" !
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If I say "yes":
--
camus:/home/elshaman# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
aptitude debtags kformula synaptic-debtags
The following packages will be upgraded:
[...]
27 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 24.8MB/25.3MB of archives.
After unpacking 2943kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
[...]
Install these packages without verification? [y/N] y
E: Handler silently failed
camus:/home/elshaman#
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If I say "no":
--
camus:/home/elshaman# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
aptitude debtags kformula synaptic-debtags
The following packages will be upgraded:
[...]
27 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 24.8MB/25.3MB of archives.
After unpacking 2943kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
[...]
Install these packages without verification? [y/N] n
Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main koffice-libs 1:1.3.1-1
[2041kB]
6% [1 koffice-libs 1675114/2041kB 82%]
...
and it works.
Thanks,
Lolo.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.5-1-686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.0-1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.3-7 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
-- no debconf information
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