Wish: Clarify apt-get error message(s)

[Simon Bohlin]

Binary package hint: apt

apt-get update sometimes gives rows with "Ign":
Läs:1 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com feisty Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://se.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Translation-sv_SE
...

It seems that missing files (404-errors) in a repo are reported as "Ign". People ask on local forums "Ign? Is apt ignoring repos, and why?" - receiving many suggestions but no answers. A "not found" error should show as not found/not there. If it surely should've been there, "missing" becomes appropriate.

[Harrison Conlin (harrisony)]

Ign does ignore but it is not ignoring that repository its just ignoring the GPG key (as it most likely has it) and something to do with the translation. its quite normal for this to happen

Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com edgy-security Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com edgy-security/main Translation-en_AU

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

These days we mostly fetch based on what the InRelease file tells us, so this message is seen less. In any case, it's not an error, otherwise it would tell you, it's just progress logging.