Thanks for the reference. I apologize for missing section D; it's not relevant here, but I had forgotten that it has those things. It doesn't actually say much relevant here.
However, I think section 5.1 is dispositive, so this isn't a bug. It's an unfortunate restriction, because it ends up meaning that there is no way to use a directory name with spaces, especially given that the repository format documentation says that the Filename: "should not make user of any protocol-specific components, such as URL-encoded parameters", so you can't put in URL escaping syntax either. It's worth noting what happens when this is triggered however. It's not that apt-get splits it into multiple words and forgets part (which 5.1 might suggest); it's that apt-get doesn't form a proper HTTP request because it passes the spaces through in the HTTP GET where they aren't allowed. Given that 5.1 says that such a Filename field is misformed, apt can't be blamed for failing to interpret it correctly. But this suggests that there isn't any good escaping going on between Filename: and the HTTP server. Since *any *character--except whitespace--is permitted in the Filename (as long as it isn't trying to use "protocol-specific components") it seems that this might run afoul (for example, semicolons might well cause problems as well given the language of RFC 2396). I think apt-get would be very well served to escape Filename:'s when passed to http or https handlers, and carefully not when passed to file: handlers, etc. I suspect there are other bugs here which 5.1 is not relevant for, since it only addresses the specific case of whitespace. Thomas On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Daniel Hartwig <mand...@gmail.com> wrote: > Also, there is this statement in section 5.1: > > > Whitespace must not appear inside names (of packages, > > architectures, files or anything else) or version numbers, or > > between the characters of multi-character version > > relationships. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Goobuntu > Team, which is subscribed to the bug report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1086997 > > Title: > apt-get fails if a package has a space in its Filename > > Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > If a package has a space in its Filename: entry in the Packages file, > you get errors on HTTP resolution. > > Normal Debian repos don't have a case like that, but the Packages file > should work even if packages are not stored in the pool in the most > usual way. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1086997/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1086997 Title: apt-get fails if a package has a space in its Filename To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1086997/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
