[Feature Request] Make PPAs available over HTTPs for apt-get
Bug #1676374 reported by
jean-christophe manciot
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Launchpad itself |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Currently, only HTTP can be used to access the PPAs with apt-get.
For instance with graphics drivers PPA in /etc/apt/
deb https:/
leads to:
# apt-get update
...
Ign:4 https:/
Ign:5 https:/
Hit:6 https:/
Err:7 https:/
404 Not Found
...
This feature should be considered compulsory.
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Note that this is just a privacy issue. apt authenticates PPAs by their OpenPGP signatures, not TLS, so there's no code execution risk.