On Sat, Sep 02, 2023 at 10:01:11PM +1000, Adam Baxter wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 2.6.1 > Severity: normal > X-Debbugs-Cc: deb...@voltagex.org > > Dear Maintainer, > > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** > > * What led up to the situation? > > I've made some kind of mistake in a deb822 .sources file. apt or some > component of it can't parse the file and errors out > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > Tried to write my own deb822 format file instead of just using sources.list > and solving this hours ago :) > > * What was the outcome of this action? > > $ apt update > E: Unable to parse package file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grafana.sources (1) > E: The list of sources could not be read. > > * What outcome did you expect instead? > > Either: > * Skipping the "bad" file and emitting a warning OR > * A precise error message - what is wrong at what line and character. > >
Precise error messages really require rewriting all our parsers since we don't really track line numbers, people didn't think of that when it was written 30 years ago. It's a problem in apt.conf and preferences, and everything basically. -- debian developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev ubuntu core developer i speak de, en
