Gary L. Roach wrote: > Hi all, > > Some of my most useful software is only available through Ubuntu PPA's . I > can no longer access PPA's since Debian changed their security policies. > When trying to access a PPA I get the following: > > The repository > 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/elmer-csc-ubuntu/elmer-csc-ppa/ubuntu hirsute > Release' does not have a Release file. > N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore > disabled by default. > N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration > details. > > > The man page alludes to a couple of different ways to bypass the system but > really sketchy about how to apply them. There is at least a half dozen files > that could be involved. Further, there is a note that basically says that > all of the methods will be discontinued in the future. This would > essentially preclude the use of Ubuntu PPA's. The example given is for an > elmer-csc package which is one of the most powerful opensource MultiPhysics > analysis packages available. > > Could someone show me how to bypass this security lock.
The obvious way is to change over to Ubuntu. https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian there's a bunch of useful advice there. -dsr-