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Bug#879786: apt-secure man page needs to provide useful pointers for Release file info changes



Package: apt
Version: 1.6.3
Followup-For: Bug #879786

I second that apt-secure should mention the use of "apt" and, in detail,
"apt-get --allow-releaseinfo-change" as well (pointing to apt-get for
more details on the various finger-graned flags) since the manpage of
apt(1) doesn't include any relevant information on metadata changes.

I don't ever use "apt", I mostly use "aptitude" or directly "apt-get"
when needed. aptitude doesn't have support for prompting for releaseinfo
changes, and apt-get does neither. The error message is somewhat
puzzling, since apt-secure(8) contains mostly redundand information for
those who know already something about the signing infrastructure and
just want to acknowledge the change.

Thanks.


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