On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 02:21:22PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > 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.
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". -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
