On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 02:16:39AM +0200, David Madore wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.6.41
> Severity: serious
Thanks for your bugreport.
> The --allow-unauthenticated option does not revert to the exact
> pre-0.6.27 behavior: even when this flag is passed on the command
> line, apt still favors an authenticated package on the network to an
> unauthenticated package on the local host (say with a file:/// URL in
> the sources.list).
>
> No combination of switches seems to be sufficient to _completely_
> remove any kind of authentication-related feature (and revert to the
> pre-0.6.27 behavior in all respects).
>
> This severely breaks very-low-bandwidth systems where it is assumed
> that the local package set will be favored over the networked ones.
Could you please test if the attached patch fixes the problem?
Cheers,
Michael
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Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question. - Neo
On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 02:16:39AM +0200, David Madore wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.6.41
> Severity: serious
Thanks for your bugreport.
> The --allow- unauthenticated option does not revert to the exact related feature (and revert to the
> pre-0.6.27 behavior: even when this flag is passed on the command
> line, apt still favors an authenticated package on the network to an
> unauthenticated package on the local host (say with a file:/// URL in
> the sources.list).
>
> No combination of switches seems to be sufficient to _completely_
> remove any kind of authentication-
> pre-0.6.27 behavior in all respects).
>
> This severely breaks very-low-bandwidth systems where it is assumed
> that the local package set will be favored over the networked ones.
Could you please test if the attached patch fixes the problem?
Cheers,
Michael
--
Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question. - Neo