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Bugs[edit]
Moved to Dev/Automatic_Updates#apt-get_upstream_bugs.
Security Issues when using apt-get update in Scripts[edit]
Moved to Dev/Automatic_Updates#Security_Issues_when_using_apt-get_update_in_Scripts.
apt-get Install Signed vs Unsigned Packages[edit]
Preparation[edit]
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install faketime sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get autoclean sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* sudo faketime 2030-01-01 apt-get update
Just using --yes[edit]
sudo apt-get install --yes python-gflags
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libavahi-core7 libdaemon0 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed: python-gflags 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 40.7 kB of archives. After this operation, 287 kB of additional disk space will be used. WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! python-gflags E: There are problems and -y was used without --force-yes
Just using --force-yes[edit]
sudo apt-get install --force-yes python-gflags
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libavahi-core7 libdaemon0 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed: python-gflags 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 40.7 kB of archives. After this operation, 287 kB of additional disk space will be used. WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! python-gflags Install these packages without verification [y/N]?
Using --yes and --force-yes[edit]
In combination with --yes and --force-yes it would install unsigned packages.
~ $ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
~ $ sudo faketime 2030-01-01 apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg [1,655 B] Get:2 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release.gpg [836 B] Get:3 http://deb.torproject.org wheezy Release.gpg [490 B] Get:4 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release [102 kB] Get:5 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release [168 kB] Ign http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release Get:6 http://deb.torproject.org wheezy Release [3,707 B] Ign http://deb.torproject.org wheezy Release Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release Get:7 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main Sources [152 kB] Get:8 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/contrib Sources [14 B] Get:9 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/non-free Sources [14 B] Get:10 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/main Sources [5,971 kB] Get:11 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main i386 Packages [241 kB] Get:12 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/contrib i386 Packages [14 B] Get:13 http://deb.torproject.org wheezy/main i386 Packages [3,930 B] Get:14 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/non-free i386 Packages [14 B] Get:15 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/contrib Translation-en [14 B] Ign http://deb.torproject.org wheezy/main Translation-en_US Ign http://deb.torproject.org wheezy/main Translation-en Get:16 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main Translation-en [136 kB] Get:17 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/contrib Sources [47.7 kB] Get:18 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/non-free Translation-en [14 B] Get:19 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/non-free Sources [93.5 kB] Ign http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/contrib Translation-en_US Ign http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main Translation-en_US Ign http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/non-free Translation-en_US Get:20 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/main i386 Packages [5,859 kB] Get:21 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/contrib i386 Packages [42.3 kB] Get:22 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/non-free i386 Packages [77.6 kB] Get:23 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/contrib Translation-en [34.8 kB] Get:24 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/main Translation-en [3,848 kB] Get:25 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/non-free Translation-en [66.1 kB] Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/contrib Translation-en_US Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/main Translation-en_US Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/non-free Translation-en_US Fetched 16.9 MB in 3min 27s (81.3 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done W: GPG error: http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release: The following signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 1587841717 W: GPG error: http://deb.torproject.org wheezy Release: The following signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 1598716850 KEYEXPIRED 1598716850 KEYEXPIRED 1535644863 KEYEXPIRED 1535644863 KEYEXPIRED 1598716850 KEYEXPIRED 1598716850 KEYEXPIRED 1535644863 KEYEXPIRED 1598716850 KEYEXPIRED 1598716850 KEYEXPIRED 1535644863 W: GPG error: http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release: The following signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 1587841717 KEYEXPIRED 1557241909
~ $ sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes python-gflags
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libavahi-core7 libdaemon0 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed: python-gflags 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded. Need to get 40.7 kB of archives. After this operation, 287 kB of additional disk space will be used. WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! python-gflags 0% [Working]^C~ $
Using --yes and --force-yes and --assume-no[edit]
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes python-gflags --assume-no
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libavahi-core7 libdaemon0 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed: python-gflags 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 40.7 kB of archives. After this operation, 287 kB of additional disk space will be used. WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! python-gflags 0% [Working]^C
In combination with --yes and --force-yes and a --assume-no at the very end it would still install unsigned packages.
Using --yes and --force-yes and -o APT::Get::force-yes=0[edit]
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes python-gflags -o APT::Get::force-yes=0
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libavahi-core7 libdaemon0 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed: python-gflags 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 40.7 kB of archives. After this operation, 287 kB of additional disk space will be used. WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! python-gflags E: There are problems and -y was used without --force-yes
grml issue62 test[edit]
~ $ sudo su root@host:/home/user# root@host:/home/user# DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get --force-yes -y --no-install-recommends install -o Acquire::http::Timeout=180 -o Acquire::ftp::Timeout=180 -o Acquire::Retries=3 -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false -o APT::Get::force-yes=0 libreoffice Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libavahi-core7 libdaemon0 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: fonts-sil-gentium-basic libcolamd2.7.1 libhsqldb-java liblucene2-java libreoffice-base libreoffice-calc libreoffice-draw libreoffice-filter-mobiledev libreoffice-impress libreoffice-report-builder-bin libservlet2.5-java libvisio-0.0-0 lp-solve ttf-sil-gentium-basic Suggested packages: java-virtual-machine libhsqldb-java-doc libhsqldb-java-gcj hunspell-dictionary libreoffice-help-3.5 libreoffice-l10n-3.5 unixodbc cups-bsd libsane hyphen-hyphenation-patterns mythes-thesaurus libreoffice-grammarcheck libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-kde openclipart-libreoffice pstoedit gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly libreoffice-officebean libmyodbc odbc-postgresql libsqliteodbc tdsodbc mdbtools libmysql-java libpg-java libjtds-java libreoffice-gcj libreoffice-report-builder Recommended packages: fonts-sil-gentium libcommons-beanutils-java libcommons-collections3-java libcommons-compress-java libcommons-digester-java libcommons-logging-java libdb-java libdb-je-java libicu4j-java libjline-java libjtidy-java libregexp-java ttf-liberation ttf-mscorefonts-installer The following NEW packages will be installed: fonts-sil-gentium-basic libcolamd2.7.1 libhsqldb-java liblucene2-java libreoffice libreoffice-base libreoffice-calc libreoffice-draw libreoffice-filter-mobiledev libreoffice-impress libreoffice-report-builder-bin libservlet2.5-java libvisio-0.0-0 lp-solve ttf-sil-gentium-basic 0 upgraded, 15 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 19.3 MB of archives. After this operation, 60.1 MB of additional disk space will be used. WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! fonts-sil-gentium-basic libcolamd2.7.1 libservlet2.5-java libhsqldb-java liblucene2-java lp-solve libreoffice-calc libvisio-0.0-0 libreoffice-draw libreoffice-impress libreoffice-base libreoffice-report-builder-bin ttf-sil-gentium-basic libreoffice-filter-mobiledev libreoffice E: There are problems and -y was used without --force-yes root@host:/home/user#
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