Package: apt Version: 0.7.11 Severity: important
The information about apt repositories is seriously lacking. As far as I know there is no way how to verify that a repository layout is correct other than trying to download an index file and a package with apt. The apt documentation does not tell how to infer the files apt tries to download from its configuration. There is no documentation on creating Release files. There are some outdated howtos around the net that suggest different fields than the ones supported by apt-ftparchive. However, Release files created with apt-ftparchive are ignored (Ign) by apt without any explanation whatsoever. The apt security feature requires working release files as only these are signed. Thanks Michal -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.3-src (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2008.04.16+nmu1 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.3.0-3 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.3.0-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
