Public bug reported:
Separated from bug #1086997.
The original report involves a repository where some path names contain spaces.
These end up in the Packages file like:
> Filename: foo/bar baz/file.deb
APT considers the entire line after “Filename: ” to be a single filename
value, and issues a HTTP request for the same (note: with a malformed
request line, see the other bug).
Packages is a debian control file, subject to debian-policy:
- no filename /value/ may contain a space [Section 5.1]; and
- a Filename field contains multiple values, separated by a space [Appendix D];
so APT has incorrectly read this line as a single filename—“foo/bar
baz/file.deb”—when it is actually two: “foo/bar” and “baz/file.deb”.
In this particular case, the repository in question is not technically
supported due to the filenames containing spaces (currently prohibited
in control files). However, APT should still read this field correctly.
Apparently no one is using the multiple-values-in-Filename support, so
an alternative is to adjust debian-policy.
Package: apt
Version: 0.9.7.6
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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apt: incorrect handling of Filename field with spaces
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