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Bug#799124: marked as done (apt should print details about ignored errors)

Your message dated Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:46:35 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#799124: apt should print details about ignored errors
has caused the Debian Bug report #799124,
regarding apt should print details about ignored errors
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Package: apt
Version: 1.1~exp12
Severity: wishlist

Sometimes, APT ignores errors. For example, if there is an error while downloading Packages.xz, APT may ignore it and try to download Packages.gz instead. Currently, it is not easy to obtain the error message for such errors, which makes debugging these problems more difficult. I think that APT should either show details about such errors by default or have an option to enable this.

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Version: 1.1~exp4

On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 03:24:26AM +0300, Evgeny Kapun wrote:
> Sometimes, APT ignores errors. For example, if there is an error while downloading Packages.xz, APT may ignore it and try to download Packages.gz instead. Currently, it is not easy to obtain the error message for such errors, which makes debugging these problems more difficult. I think that APT should either show details about such errors by default or have an option to enable this.

I agree and implemented this in 4dbfe436, but had to guard it in
d6cf2345 behind a config option as I was told that it is too confusing
for unsuspecting users… :(

The option is Acquire::Progress::Ignore::ShowErrorText . I am planning
to revisit the decision of enabling this by default or not after we got
right of no/unsigned-Release repositories as that will drastically
reduce the cases in which we show an Ign, but that will take some time
(something around two full Debian releases…). As a lot can happen in
four years I am closing this as done with the introduction of the option
instead of keeping this open "for ever" until we decide on the 'final'
value of this option (whatever final in this context actually means).

Note that aptitude isn't effected by this option (yet?), even if it has
a very similar output as they carry a copy of (an older version of) apts
own progress reporting implementation.


Best regards

David Kalnischkies

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