linux mint repo ignored
youngunix opened this issue · comments
Is there a reason why nala ignores Linux Mint's repos?
What do you mean by it ignoring Mint Repos?
When I run nala update, I get (ubuntu & debian repos are fine) Ignored: http://packages.linuxmint.com/ victoria InRelease.
Oh I see. If Nala is showing this when you do apt update You should see a very similar message of IGN instead of Ignored.
In this case it means that apt tried to get the InRelease file from LinuxMint Victoria, but it could not be found. Apt will then probably fallback to the Release file which Linux Mint does have in their repo.
http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/victoria/
IGN is not really too much of concern. If apt is unable to find anything it will Error instead.
Thanks for the hint.
I commented all the lines in the official source list, chose a different mirror, and added the repo to the nala' source list and ran nala update, but this time around, I got both the ignored and no change right below it for the victoria repo! Is this an intended output? If not, are there any other troubleshooting steps I can try?
It is probably because the contents are the same, and the official repo files are still on your computer. You can run nala clean --lists and it will remove those and allow you to download again.
The mirrors will still say ignored as they are the same as the official repository. It is because Mint uses an older repository style.
Running nala clean --lists didn't make a difference, so I chose a different mirror. However, now it is ignoring only the one that has InRelease and pulls from the Release. What is the difference between the two? And will I be missing updates from the Linux Mint repo for LM specific packages?
Yes every mirror for Mint is going to do this since they are all the same. There isn't too much difference between InRelease and Release, just different styles. InRelease file is clear signed, while Release has a Release.gpg key along with it for verification. Both Repository methods are safe, and will function no different for you. You will get updates just fine.
To be clear, this issue is a Linux Mint issue with their repositories. They are just doing it a little different than Debian, Ubuntu, etc. It is perfectly safe and will function no different. You will just get that InRelease was ignored as it doesn't exist.
Thank you for the detailed explanation. I confirmed your recommendations and I believe this issue is resolved.