Here is an alternate patch, using _error->Notice instead of
_error->Warning. Using Notice leaves _error->empty false and hence the
apt-get update warning is not printed. For comparison. here the output
of the two patches:
apt-unreadable_sources.patch:
$ apt-cache policy apache2
apache2:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2.2.22-1ubuntu1
Version table:
2.2.22-1ubuntu1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
2.2.14-5ubuntu8 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main i386 Packages
W: Can not read /etc/apt/sources.list.d/a.list, ignore the apt-get update
warning below
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
apt-unreadable_sources_notice.patch:
$ apt-cache policy apache2
apache2:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2.2.22-1ubuntu1
Version table:
2.2.22-1ubuntu1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
2.2.14-5ubuntu8 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main i386 Packages
N: Can not read /etc/apt/sources.list.d/a.list.
** Patch added: "apt-unreadable_sources_notice.patch"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/849736/+attachment/2796485/+files/apt-unreadable_sources_notice.patch
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apt-cache policy silently shows inaccurate information when any file
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