Bug#977513: apt/apt-get doesn't work

[Josh Anders <debian@cybiko123.com>]

Replying to add the submitter to the thread.


On 12/15/20 6:56 PM, Josh Anders wrote:
> Control: tags -1 unreproducible
>
> The Debian archive does not require authentication. This sounds more like a malformed entry in /etc/apt/sources.list. Can you paste the line(s) containing security.debian.org?
>
> -Josh
>
>
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:05:25 +0000 larhama <lari.sihto@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Package: apt
> >
> > Running 'apt update' or 'apt-get update' results in following output:
> >
> > Get:1 <http://security.debian.org/debian-security> buster/updates
> > InRelease [3,201 B]
> > Err:1 <http://security.debian.org/debian-security> buster/updates
> > InRelease
> > Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require
> > authentication?)
> >
> > however I can download the InRelease file just fine with wget. Ping
> > also works and I don't have a proxy configured. Do I need to supply
> > some credentials for apt to work and if so, why? What are those
> > credentials?
> >