On Saturday, 08-02-2025 at 01:35 Boyan Penkov wrote:
> Hello George,
>
> No problem -- and to be clear, as Joe pointed out, it's not clear that
> there's actually an issue that would warrant *not* running
> modernize-sources; synaptic does work fine, just won't show you the
> relevant sources.
Thanks for pointing that out.
I expect Synaptic will be updated in the near future, and then there will be no
issues at all. I am please the issue was reported, just in case it had not been
picked up by the Synaptic team.
One thing I like about Debian, is Apt.
George.
>
> Cheers!
>
> On Fri, Feb 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM George at Clug <c...@goproject.info> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Saturday, 08-02-2025 at 00:39 Boyan Penkov wrote:
> > > After upgrading apt this week on testing (trixie), it defaults to the
> > > apt822 sources
> > > (https://repolib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deb822-format.html#deb822-format),
> > > which can then be enabled by a ``sudo apt modernize-sources``
> >
> > Thanks for your reply.
> >
> > 1) I just updated my Debian Trixie computer, synaptic still works (however
> > you already knew it would as I have not installed modernize-sources)
> >
> > 2) When searching Synaptic I was not able to locate a package called
> > modernize-sources. "# apt-cache search modernize-sources" did not return
> > any packages. I thought it might be a package, but it seems more like it is
> > a command.
> > https://gist.github.com/Mealman1551/f75223b3cade0a218d51c06f6cb08f40
> > Since February 2025, Debian 13 (Trixie) and APT introduced the deb822
> > format for managing APT sources. This new format replaces the traditional
> > /etc/apt/sources.list file with the more structured and readable
> > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources file.
> >
> > This change was introduced by APT, starting with an update that enabled
> > users to run:
> >
> > apt modernize-sources
> >
> > https://tracker.debian.org/news/1610313/accepted-apt-2926-source-into-unstable/
> > [ Julian Andres Klode ]
> > * apt: Introduce the modernize-sources command
> > * Make notices about .list sources without signed-by less obnoxious
> > You get a single line telling you about modernize-sources now, unless
> > you run --audit (or have deb822 files without Signed-By).
> >
> >
> > 3) I suspect that your issue would indicate that Debian Trixie's Synaptic
> > program has not been updated to use the new method for managing source
> > lists (which I believe you are trying to point out by posting this issue)?
> > Or maybe an issue with sign-by ?
> >
> > 4) Do you know of any method to "undo" this modernization?
> >
> > Thanks for alerting me to this issue, as I will be sure not to run
> > modernize-sources until this issue is resolved.
> >
> > George
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > However, in Synaptic, clicking on Settings -> Repositories shows a
> > > blank list, presumably reading from the old format (it used to edit
> > > /etc/apt/sources.list directly).
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM George at Clug <c...@goproject.info> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Friday, 07-02-2025 at 19:23 Boyan Penkov wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > After updating my apt sources to the modernized ones, the synaptic
> > > > > settings ard preferences are blank (and don't show the usual sources).
> > > >
> > > > If you could give some more detail, I might understand what you did?
> > > >
> > > > Do you mean /etc/apt/sources.list ?
> > > > Which version of Debian?
> > > > And what do you mean "modernized ones" ? (where did you see these
> > > > documented? I may have missed something?)
> > > >
> > > > My Synaptic works great, but then, I do not think I am using any
> > > > "modernised ones".
> > > >
> > > > George.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Updates and selection though the program still works fine, so I
> > > > > imagine this is a small oversight somewhere...
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers!
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Boyan Penkov
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Boyan Penkov
> > >
>
>
>
> --
> Boyan Penkov
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