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Message #95979
[Bug 992054] Re: APT needs a patch to become free-software-friendly
This is your opinion. These example files exist to demonstrate defaults
and/or specific features such as multiple components. Therefore we do
not want to change it.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Opinion
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/992054
Title:
APT needs a patch to become free-software-friendly
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
Opinion
Bug description:
ubuntu@ubuntu-devel:~$ cat /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/sources.list
# See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy
# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
# CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-updates main restricted
As you can see, the example sources.list provided by APT in its docs contains the restricted repositories.
It doesn't honor ths Free Software Fundation guidelines.
Upstream bug : https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?29724
This same bug and my patch had been proposed by myself for Trisquel : http://trisquel.info/en/issues/5344
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