Add option to explicitly accept repository changes
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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synaptic (Debian) |
New
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Unknown
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synaptic (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
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://
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-
sudo apt-get --allow-
I suggest an enhancement to allow synaptic to somehow "accept the changes" for the affected repository(s).
Changed in synaptic (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → New |