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| author | David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> | 2017-04-12 17:39:06 +0200 |
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| committer | David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> | 2017-06-28 19:18:47 +0200 |
| commit | 081fbea14d12f79c8d91ce4fe1f1004c7bc08656 (patch) | |
| tree | dbb551e6a7878f482ccd7790dfe512927df672c5 /doc/apt-get.8.xml | |
| parent | cbaf353ead58aa9eefe51542b6ad91e69b6289ce (diff) | |
error in update on Release information changes
The value of Origin, Label, Codename and co can be used in user
configuration from apts own pinning to unattended upgrades.
A repository changing this values can therefore have serious effects on
the behaviour of apt and other tools using these values.
In a first step we will generate error messages for these changes now
explaining the need for explicit confirmation and provide config options
and commandline flags to accept them.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt-get.8.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-get.8.xml | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml index 931a4f313..a38a14e0c 100644 --- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml @@ -575,6 +575,23 @@ Configuration Item: <literal>Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories</literal>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><option>--allow-releaseinfo-changes</option></term> + <listitem><para>Allow the update command to continue downloading + data from a repository which changed its information of the release + contained in the repository indicating e.g a new major release. + APT will fail at the update command for such repositories until the + change is confirmed to ensure the user is prepared for the change. + See also &apt-secure; for details on the concept and configuration. + </para><para> + Specialist options + (<literal>--allow-releaseinfo-changes-</literal><replaceable>field</replaceable>) + exist to allow changes only for certain fields like <literal>origin</literal>, + <literal>label</literal>, <literal>codename</literal>, <literal>suite</literal>, + <literal>version</literal> and <literal>defaultpin</literal>. See also &apt-preferences;. + + Configuration Item: <literal>Acquire::AllowReleaseInfoChanges</literal>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><option>--show-progress</option></term> <listitem><para>Show user friendly progress information in the terminal window when packages are installed, upgraded or |