Bug#330393: apt: Errors on Release download failure are baffling
On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 02:21:22PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 05:09:40PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > Package: apt
> > Version: 0.6.41
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > I spent half an hour trying to figure out why Apt complained that a bunch of
> > packages would be updated but were unauthenticated. It turns out that the
> > Release.gpg on the server was OK, but the Release file was unreadable
> > (permission denied). All apt-get update says after this is "Ign" without
> > any hint as to why it's ignoring the file.
> >
> > An error message, maybe even "could not fetch", would be nicer...
>
> This is necessary in order to maintain compatibility, since Release has
> traditionally been optional.
Does that preclude even a warning? The file's there, and the error
wasn't "not found". Failing that, somewhere handy in the documentation
to mention that "Ign" might mean "failed".
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery, LLC
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