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Bug#330393: marked as done (apt: Errors on Release download failure are baffling)

Your message dated Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:45:32 +0200
with message-id <20150813114532.GA8461@crossbow>
and subject line Re: Bug#330393: apt: Errors on Release download failure are baffling
has caused the Debian Bug report #330393,
regarding apt: Errors on Release download failure are baffling
to be marked as done.

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330393: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330393
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--- Begin Message --- 
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...

-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
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/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi";

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r0a _Sarge_ - Official amd64 Binary-1 (20050613)]/ unstable contrib main

deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib

# AMD64 archive - currently flaky - 20050903
deb http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian-amd64/debian/ unstable main contrib
deb-src http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian-amd64/debian/ unstable main contrib

## AMD64 archive
#deb http://mirror.espri.arizona.edu/debian-amd64/debian/ unstable main contrib
#deb-src http://mirror.espri.arizona.edu/debian-amd64/debian/ unstable main contrib

# Java (Blackdown)
deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/java/debian/ sarge non-free

# Mplayer (Christian Marillat's packages)
#deb http://cyberspace.ucla.edu/marillat/ sid main
deb http://spello.sscnet.ucla.edu/marillat/ sid main

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.13-rc6
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.5-6    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.0.1-7  GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                    4.0.1-7    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

apt recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Version: 1.1~exp5

On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 02:35:16PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 05:24:24PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 02:21:22PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > 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".
> 
> A warning would be reasonable at this stage in the game.

10 years later this warning actually exists as we are finally going to
deprecate unsigned repositories for good, therefore closing.


Best regards

David Kalnischkies

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