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Re: apt.Cache.update with alternative sources.list

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Le mercredi 21 mars 2018 à 23:12:18+0100, Ole Streicher a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> I need some access (as normal user) to an apt cache with an alternative
> sources.list (those in /etc/blends/ installed by blends-dev), but I have
> problems to find out how to use it.
> 
> I first tried to just specify the alternative source file:
> 
> ```
> >>> import apt
> >>> c = apt.Cache()
> >>> c.update('sources_list='/etc/blends/sources.list.testing')
> LockFailedException: Failed to lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
> ```
> 
> Then I tried to use an alternative root directory:
> 
> ```
> >>> import apt
> >>> c = apt.Cache(rootdir='/tmp/myapttmp')
> >>> c.update('sources_list='/etc/blends/sources.list.testing')
> FetchFailedException: W:GPG error: http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 7638D0442B90D010, E:The repository 'http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing InRelease' is not signed.
> ```
> 
> To which place in the new root directory do I need to copy the keyring?
> I tried <<rootdir>>/usr/share/keyrings/ but this didn't work.
> 
> And/or how can I disable authentication (--allow-unauthenticated,
> resp. APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated)?

AFAIK, the apt trusted keyring is normally in /etc/apt/trusted.gpg +
/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d

So, as long as you're sure the rootdir behaves as you think this should help
you to chose the appropriate place.

-- 
Pierre-Elliott Bécue
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apt.Cache.update with alternative sources.list Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org> - 2018-03-21 23:40 +0100
  Re: apt.Cache.update with alternative sources.list Pierre-Elliott Bécue <becue@crans.org> - 2018-03-22 08:30 +0100
  Re: apt.Cache.update with alternative sources.list Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2018-03-22 15:30 +0100

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