Bug#622912: apt: apt-get update fails for repositories which do not have a Release file

To: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Cc: 622912@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#622912: apt: apt-get update fails for repositories which do not have a Release file
From: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:25:15 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 87d3kmtjk4.fsf@turtle.gmx.de>
Reply-to: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>, 622912@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 1302944786.2442.2.camel@jak-thinkpad> (Julian Andres Klode's message of "Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:06:24 +0200")
References: <[🔎] 87mxjri96l.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <[🔎] 1302944786.2442.2.camel@jak-thinkpad>

On 2011-04-16 11:06 +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote:

> On Fr, 2011-04-15 at 21:52 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> Package: apt
>> Version: 0.8.14
>> 
>> This change:
>> 
>> ,----
>> | apt (0.8.14) unstable; urgency=low
>> | 
>> |   [ Julian Andres Klode ]
>> |   * apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc:
>> |     - Use Release files even if they cannot be verified (LP: #704595)
>> `----
>> 
>> has the side effect that "apt-get update" now fails for repositories
>> that do not have a Release file at all
> The attached patch should fix this issue. Please confirm.

It works indeed, thanks.

Cheers,
       Sven

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- Bug#622912: apt: apt-get update fails for repositories which do not have a Release file
  - From: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
- Bug#622912: apt: apt-get update fails for repositories which do not have a Release file
  - From: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>

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