Access denied (403) when trying to fetch security updates for Dapper
On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 08:28:54AM -0500, Forest Bond wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 03:57:59PM +0000, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 11:24:07AM -0400, Cody A.W. Somerville wrote:
> > > It seems like there has been a lot of complaints about how the
> > > update-manager handles the 403 error. Considering the only time the 403
> > > would normally occur is this situation, maybe the update manager could be
> > > smarter about it?
> >
> > We should never have to do this; there are some shortcomings in the
> > infrastructure which currently require some manual hacking in situations
> > like this. There is work in progress to improve that.
>
> Out of curiosity, what is being done? Is there a specification, etc...?
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11-18-2007, 05:07 PM
Matt Zimmerman
Access denied (403) when trying to fetch security updates for Dapper
On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 08:28:54AM -0500, Forest Bond wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 03:57:59PM +0000, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 11:24:07AM -0400, Cody A.W. Somerville wrote:
> > > It seems like there has been a lot of complaints about how the
> > > update-manager handles the 403 error. Considering the only time the 403
> > > would normally occur is this situation, maybe the update manager could be
> > > smarter about it?
> >
> > We should never have to do this; there are some shortcomings in the
> > infrastructure which currently require some manual hacking in situations
> > like this. There is work in progress to improve that.
>
> Out of curiosity, what is being done? Is there a specification, etc...?
Access denied (403) when trying to fetch security updates for Dapper
