Hello George, No problem -- and to be clear, as Joe pointed out, it's not clear that there's actually an issue that would warrant *not* running modernize-sources; synaptic does work fine, just won't show you the relevant sources.
Cheers! On Fri, Feb 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM George at Clug <c...@goproject.info> wrote: > > > > On Saturday, 08-02-2025 at 00:39 Boyan Penkov wrote: > > After upgrading apt this week on testing (trixie), it defaults to the > > apt822 sources > > (https://repolib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deb822-format.html#deb822-format), > > which can then be enabled by a ``sudo apt modernize-sources`` > > Thanks for your reply. > > 1) I just updated my Debian Trixie computer, synaptic still works (however > you already knew it would as I have not installed modernize-sources) > > 2) When searching Synaptic I was not able to locate a package called > modernize-sources. "# apt-cache search modernize-sources" did not return any > packages. I thought it might be a package, but it seems more like it is a > command. > https://gist.github.com/Mealman1551/f75223b3cade0a218d51c06f6cb08f40 > Since February 2025, Debian 13 (Trixie) and APT introduced the deb822 format > for managing APT sources. This new format replaces the traditional > /etc/apt/sources.list file with the more structured and readable > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources file. > > This change was introduced by APT, starting with an update that enabled users > to run: > > apt modernize-sources > > https://tracker.debian.org/news/1610313/accepted-apt-2926-source-into-unstable/ > [ Julian Andres Klode ] > * apt: Introduce the modernize-sources command > * Make notices about .list sources without signed-by less obnoxious > You get a single line telling you about modernize-sources now, unless > you run --audit (or have deb822 files without Signed-By). > > > 3) I suspect that your issue would indicate that Debian Trixie's Synaptic > program has not been updated to use the new method for managing source lists > (which I believe you are trying to point out by posting this issue)? Or maybe > an issue with sign-by ? > > 4) Do you know of any method to "undo" this modernization? > > Thanks for alerting me to this issue, as I will be sure not to run > modernize-sources until this issue is resolved. > > George > > > > > > > > However, in Synaptic, clicking on Settings -> Repositories shows a > > blank list, presumably reading from the old format (it used to edit > > /etc/apt/sources.list directly). > > > > Cheers! > > > > On Fri, Feb 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM George at Clug <c...@goproject.info> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, 07-02-2025 at 19:23 Boyan Penkov wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > After updating my apt sources to the modernized ones, the synaptic > > > > settings ard preferences are blank (and don't show the usual sources). > > > > > > If you could give some more detail, I might understand what you did? > > > > > > Do you mean /etc/apt/sources.list ? > > > Which version of Debian? > > > And what do you mean "modernized ones" ? (where did you see these > > > documented? I may have missed something?) > > > > > > My Synaptic works great, but then, I do not think I am using any > > > "modernised ones". > > > > > > George. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Updates and selection though the program still works fine, so I > > > > imagine this is a small oversight somewhere... > > > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Boyan Penkov > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Boyan Penkov > > -- Boyan Penkov
