Bug#244588: apt: problems with file names with %nnn code

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>]

severity 244588 normal
tags 244588 moreinfo
thanks

On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 11:26:53AM +1000, Paul Anthony Judd wrote:

> For a while I have had trouble getting apt-get upgrade to work and have
> realized its due to files listed as AAA_N:NNN.. but get downloaded as
> AAA_N%3aNNN... such that system can get broken when dependant programs
> aren't found because of naming.
> for each file containing %3a i used sed to make a link file containing :
> to downloaded file.
> 	Now have to do tedious dpkg -i install AAA_N:NNN... and dpkg
> --configure --pending for each file of update ( started off doing
> htpp...security... as smaller number of files to locate problem)

You haven't included enough information about the problem you experienced.

Please send at least:

- A copy of your /etc/apt/sources.list
- A transcript of an apt invocation which demonstrates the problem (cut and
  paste or use script(1))

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 - mdz