Add option to explicitly accept repository changes

Bug #1851851 reported by AtesComp
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synaptic (Debian)
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synaptic (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Occasionally, repository owners change related information, keys, etc. This generally causes apt to issue an error to the user, such as:

...
Reading package lists... Done
E: Repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/<author>/<package>/ubuntu disco InRelease' changed its 'Label' value from '<some old long label>' to '<some new long label>'
N: This must be accepted explicitly before updates for this repository can be applied. See apt-secure(8) manpage for details.
...

When using "apt" on the command line, the system asks:

Do you want to accept these changes and continue updating from this repository? [y/N]

Synaptic will report the error, but does nothing to allow the user to accept changes. The older "apt-get" tool does the same unless a --allow-releaseinfo-change update" switch is given:

sudo apt-get --allow-releaseinfo-change update

I suggest an enhancement to allow synaptic to somehow "accept the changes" for the affected repository(s).

Changed in synaptic (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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