On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 04:05:43PM -0000, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Not really, we told everyone years ago to use the netrc for that.
Sorry, what is 'netrc'? I've never heard of this, and while I'm not closely involved in apt development, I don't find any reference to 'netrc' in the apt.conf or sources.list manpages. I manage to find <https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-lucid-apt-netrc-mechanism>, but Dir::Etc::netrc is not documented in apt-config(8) nor do I find documentation for format. This seems like a good enhancement to apt, but it seems to be underdocumented and there are lots of downstream integration points with sources.list which have never been updated to know about this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1701852 Title: (xenial+) apt-cache fails to run if a single sources.list.d entry is not readable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1701852/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
