AIDE; 31_aide_apt; corrupt /var/lib/aide/aide.conf.autogenerated if '#' at the end of a sources.list line

I can confirm the bug. To replicate the problem do the following:

1. System > Administration > Software Sources

2. Add new sources.

    a. Uncheck the "Source code" box on the first tab "Ubuntu software" if it is checked. Close, reload. If not checked, proceed to 2.b.

    b. Open Software sources again, and now check the "Source code" box on the "Ubuntu software" tab.

software-properties-gtk will add the following to any new lines it added to /etc/apt/source.list:

    #Added by software-properties

The short term workaround, until /etc/aide/aide.conf.d/31_aide_apt is fixed is to simply remove the offending comments from /etc/apt/sources.list manually.

The long term fix is to correct 31_aide_apt by adding an sed statement which first strips the comments added by software-properties-gtk. I'm attaching a patch which I have tested, and works for me.

This is the text of the patch:
<begin text>
--- 31_aide_apt.old 2007-11-07 10:52:00.000000000 -0500
+++ 31_aide_apt 2007-11-07 10:47:57.000000000 -0500
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   APT_VERS="$(dpkg --status apt | sed -n '/^Version:[[:space:]]/{s/[^[:space:]]\+[[:space:]]\+\([^[:space:]]\+\).*/\1/p;q};')"
 fi

-cat $SOURCESLIST | while read deb uri dist comp; do
+cat $SOURCESLIST | sed 's/ #.*$//' | while read deb uri dist comp; do
   PROTOCOL="$(echo $uri | sed 's|\([^:]\+\).*|\1|')"
   if [ "$PROTOCOL" = "http" ] || [ "$PROTOCOL" = "ftp" ]; then
     HOST="$(echo $uri | sed 's|.*//\([^/[:space:]]\+\).*|\1|')"
<end text>

Best regards,

Harvey

Thanks for your help. Here is a debdiff against 0.13.1-10 (intrepid) for this fix.
Subscribing u-m-s for sponsorship.

Thanks Jean-Baptiste, the patch looks good - sponsorship on its way.

One problem I notice with 0.13.1-10ubuntu1 (that your previous sponsor should have caught) is that the maintainer field in debian/control isn't pointing to an ubuntu.com address. I've corrected this locally for the upload.

Will you submit this patch to the Debian maintainers (as well as your previous patch if you haven't already done so), so that a future version of aide can be synced again from Debian?

oh - scratch my comment about the maintainer field, I see that your latest patch /does/ fix that, so you already noticed the problem :)

This bug was fixed in the package aide - 0.13.1-10ubuntu2

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aide (0.13.1-10ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  [ Jean-Baptiste Lallement ]
  * Fix 31_aide_apt to remove comments from source.list (LP: #112242)
  * debian/control: change Maintainer field

 -- Jean-Baptiste Lallement <email address hidden> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:52:15 +0000