On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 08:09:37 -0700 Charles Curley <charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 14:51:17 +0000 > Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: > > > The long-term fix is a file standard.sources root:root 644 in > > /etc/sources.list.d containing: > > Is there anything that tells one how to make this conversion? Better > yet, a script or two to do it for us? There will be a lot of people > scrambling to convert at the last minute. > I did find a script, but it looked complex enough that I just did it by hand, I've only got a few repositories. There are various examples of the .sources file format, I copied one and adjusted to taste. Here's a formal deb822 description: https://repolib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deb822-format.html Here's a few more bits: https://forum.siduction.org/index.php?topic=9606.0 This was where I found the script: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/790122/any-shell-script-to-update-to-the-deb822-sources-format What I didn't notice further down the page was: Why in the world bother making your own scripts when you can just do # apt modernize-sources The following files need modernizing: - /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome-beta.list - /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list - /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jidanni.list Modernizing will replace .list files with the new .sources format, add Signed-By values where they can be determined automatically, and save the old files into .list.bak files. Sounds scary. Fear not. For a simulation, respond N in the following prompt. Rewrite 3 sources? [Y/n] N Simulating only... Why didn't you tell us earlier? That would be more productive, you know. They just added it. -- Joe
