Installer disables security updates when they do not verify at install time
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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apt-setup (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
|
Colin Watson | ||
Hardy |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I installed hardy from scratch on a server using the alternate installer cd last week. This week I go have a look in my /etc/apt/
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://
So... If I hadn't gone to have a look, I would have had security updates disabled forever, because they "failed to verify" at install time. My guess is that these lines "didn't verify" because I didn't have an Internet connection up at install time, but the reason doesn't matter all that much. Whatever the reason, these lines should never be commented out! Skip them that time when they don't verify (and maybe they'll verify okay the next time), but don't comment them out!
Getting off soapbox now. Thanks. :-)
Related branches
Changed in apt-setup: | |
assignee: | nobody → kamion |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in apt-setup: | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
This seems to affect desktop CD installs too.