On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 03:41:06PM +0100, Andras Korn wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 2.0.0 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > with the sources.list entry: > > deb http://winswitch.org/beta/ buster main > > apt-get as of 2.0 update prints the unhelpful error message: > > E: Unable to parse package file (1) > > apt 1.8.4 has no problem with this repository. > > I could only find out which sources.list entry was causing the issue by way > of successive elimination. > > I would suggest the following: > > 1. identify the type of file in the message (e.g. Packages file, Release > file, whatever); 'package file' is vague.
It's supposed to print the path, but apparently the path is empty. > > 2. in the message, identify the sources.list entry the problematic file is > related to. > > 3. the message should say why the file in question could not be parsed; at > the very least, print the number of the line where the problem was > encountered. Those two are not going to happen. Well, 3 might be possible at a later time, but we don't have information for 2. -- debian developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev ubuntu core developer i speak de, en
