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Submitted by SPitfire 95 on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 16:47

APT needs a patch to become free-software-friendly (confirmed at least for Trisquel 4.5, 5.5)

Project:Trisquel
Component:Packages
Category:bug report
Priority:critical
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:duplicate
Description

cat /apt-0.8.3ubuntu7trisquel1/doc/examples/sources.list

# See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy
# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
# CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy main restricted

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-updates main restricted

Upstream bug : https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?29724
http://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines#apt

SPitfire 95:
Mon, 04/30/2012 - 17:02
Status:active» patch (needs review)

I patched it. Now if someone could review my patch and add it if correct in the trisquel's APT package...
https://trisquel.info/files/fix-source-list-example-restricted.patch_.txt

SirGrant:
Mon, 05/28/2012 - 21:50
Status:patch (needs review)» duplicate

Marking as duplicate:

Trisquel Bug #5518 (Package apt recommends proprietary software)