[7.10 - apturl 0.1ubuntu2] apturl is not able to parse dynamic packages such as linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Bug #163629 reported by Christer Edwards
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: apturl

I noticed today that the apturl (apt://) system is not dynamic enough to recognize flexible package names such as linux-headers-$(uname -r).

I realize that the $(uname -r) is something that is parsed by the shell, but this is somewhat common to see in documentation and would be a nice, if small, additional feature to add to the apturl system.

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Thanks for your bugreport.

Adding something more dynamic is certainly a good idea - we need to be careful however to not run into security issues. Just providing uname -r (or similar) shell commands is too risky. Maybe some well known variable like $ARCHITECUTRE, $KERNEL_RELEASE or similar.

Changed in apturl:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
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