EasyUbuntu silently disables system updates on Dapper if the Universe and Multiverse respositories are checked to be enabled.
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EasyUbuntu |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Venkat Raghavan | ||
| Elbuntu |
Incomplete
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| Ubuntu |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
If the option to enable the Universe and Multiverse respositories is checked, the dapper-updates section of the sources.list file is commented out, silently disabling software updates from the default repositories.
Here follows the following:
* /etc/apt/
* /etc/apt/
* a diff between the two files
* The relavent commented line disabling updates.
Post-EasyUbuntu:
deb http://
deb http://
# The above lines were generated automatically by EasyUbuntu 3.0 Beta Release
# The rest of your sources.list follows
#deb http://
deb-src http://
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
#deb http://
deb-src http://
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
# deb http://
# deb-src http://
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://
# deb-src http://
deb http://
deb-src http://
# deb http://
# deb-src http://
Pre-EasyUbuntu:
deb http://
deb-src http://
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://
deb-src http://
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
# deb http://
# deb-src http://
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://
# deb-src http://
deb http://
deb-src http://
# deb http://
# deb-src http://
The difference:wget -q http://
root@circe:
1,4d0
< deb http://
< deb http://
< # The above lines were generated automatically by EasyUbuntu 3.0 Beta Release
< # The rest of your sources.list follows
6c2
< #deb http://
---
> deb http://
7a4
>
10c7
< #deb http://
---
> deb http://
11a9
>
20a19
>
21a21
> ## repository.
28a29
>
The line in question:
< #deb http://
---
> deb http://
| Changed in easyubuntu: | |
| assignee: | nobody → venkatvc |
| importance: | Untriaged → Wishlist |
| Venkat Raghavan (venkatraghavan) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in easyubuntu: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
| Venkat Raghavan (venkatraghavan) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in easyubuntu: | |
| importance: | Wishlist → Medium |
| Kyle Brooks (kyle-brooks) wrote Patch for bug #5069 | #3 |
| Venkat Raghavan (venkatraghavan) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in easyubuntu: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
| Changed in easyubuntu: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
| description: | updated |
| Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote | #5 |
Adding relevant discussion for research:
07:42 < gdb> I had suggested earlier simply dropping the easyubuntu changes in /etc/apt/
07:45 < gdb> Yes, it's a directory included (perhaps new in Dapper) that allows you to create "additions" to the sources.list in separate files that end in the extension .list. The idea is that a package or administrator can leave the system default unchanged and add new respositories in that directory. For example, I also use FreeNX and have an /etc/apt/
07:45 < gdb> deb http://
07:45 < gdb> deb http://
07:45 < gdb> And only that, along with any relavent comments.
07:46 < gdb> Actually, the deb-src lines may need to be included as well, not sure if sources are provided for universe, multiverse, and freecontrib content.