'Software Sources' allows changing 3rd party repos lines to duplicate official repos URLs, and parses the user-input URL with higher priority in 'apt-get update'.
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| software-properties (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
If, by mistake or otherwise, a user edits a 3rd party repos line in Software Sources and point the URL towards an official repos, e.g. <http://
The problem here is that most 3rd party repos use <free> and <non-free> tags under their <dist> directories, whereas the official repos use the <main> <universe> <multiverse> <restricted> division. Software Sources can only handle these four tags in its 'Ubuntu Software' tab. When changing a 3rd party line's URL into an official repos URL any reloading of the apt repository list will result in, if previously the 3rd party repos line included the <free> or <non-free> or whatever tags, a 'Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)' error, thus:
W: Failed to fetch http://
Note that such manually added lines of repository lists overrides the default official repos lines. And Software Sources allows this.
Note that the problem is that Software Sources accepts such modifications to 3rd party repos lines listed in its 'Other Software' tab. And the only method of reverting such mistake is digging into the </etc/apt/
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 6ed8556323e06e5
CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a55581
Date: Mon Apr 19 13:26:14 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: software-
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: software-properties
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-
| Jonathan Yip (helkaluin) wrote | #1 |
