For a "fix" for 10.04 try the lenny patch from the debian bug report.
Specifically: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=27;filename=u-u-lenny.patch;att=1;bug=536754 >From debian bug: http://bugs.debian.org/536754 Alex Owen On 13 July 2011 19:54, Petar Maric <617...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Any chance of backporting this fix to 10.04? > > Thanks > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/617328 > > Title: > space is a bad choice for seperator for Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed- > Origins > > Status in “unattended-upgrades” package in Ubuntu: > Fix Released > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: unattended-upgrades > > http://bugs.debian.org/536754 > > I know ubuntu is not debian but for unattended-upgrades it appears > that ubuntu is upstream. > > Some well known and well used repos have spaces in either of both of their > "origin" and "archive" > debian-multimedisa has the string "Unofficial Multimedia Packages" > backports.org also has a space in it's origin. > > Perhaps the simplest solution is to change to using a ":" as the separator. > The origin strings come from Releases files which by inspection have the > format: > <key>: <value> > And so presumably ":" cannot be in the <value>. > > Would you accept patches to do this? > > I guess you will want a patch that falls back to using a space > separator (for backwards compatibility) if there is no ":" seperator. > > > I am about to send a similar bug update to the debian bug #536754, I will > then work on a backwards compatible debian patch then a backwards compatible > ubuntu patch. > > Please comment if you think this is a bad plan? > > Alex Owen > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/617328/+subscriptions > ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #536754 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536754 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/617328 Title: space is a bad choice for seperator for Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed- Origins To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/617328/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
