On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 05:09:40PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> 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...

This is necessary in order to maintain compatibility, since Release has
traditionally been optional.

-- 
 - mdz


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