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Package "apt"

Name: apt

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  • transitional package for https support

Latest version: 2.0.11
Release: focal (20.04)
Level: updates
Repository: universe

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base main 2.0.2
base universe 2.0.2
security main 2.0.2ubuntu0.2
security universe 2.0.2ubuntu0.2
updates main 2.0.11

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Changelog

Version: 2.0.11 2025-05-28 23:24:52 UTC

  apt (2.0.11) focal; urgency=medium

  * Fix buffer overflow, stack overflow, exponential complexity in
    apt-ftparchive Contents generation (LP: #2083697)
    - ftparchive: Mystrdup: Add safety check and bump buffer size
    - ftparchive: contents: Avoid exponential complexity and overflows
    - test framework: Improve valgrind support
    - test: Check that apt-ftparchive handles deep paths
    - increase valgrind cleanliness to make the tests pass:
      - pkgcachegen: Use placement new to construct header
      - acquire: Disable gcc optimization of strcmp() reading too far into
        struct dirent's d_name buffer.

 -- Julian Andres Klode <email address hidden> Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:27:19 +0200

Source diff to previous version
2083697 distribution-gpg-keys-copr crashes Launchpad/apt-ftparchive

Version: 2.0.10 2023-11-15 09:08:26 UTC

  apt (2.0.10) focal; urgency=medium

  * Backport archive snapshot integration as of 2.7.3 (LP: #2038453)

 -- Julian Andres Klode <email address hidden> Fri, 06 Oct 2023 11:42:30 +0200

Source diff to previous version
2038453 [SRU] apt snapshot integration backport

Version: 2.0.9 2022-06-14 23:06:19 UTC

  apt (2.0.9) focal; urgency=medium

  * postinst: Do not run removed kernel postinst.d script (LP: #1974456)

 -- Julian Andres Klode <email address hidden> Tue, 24 May 2022 15:08:25 +0200

Source diff to previous version
1974456 regression: apt.postint fails if never previously configured

Version: 2.0.8 2022-05-17 10:06:29 UTC

  apt (2.0.8) focal; urgency=medium

  * Adjust conffile removal version in postinst and maintscript; followup
    fix for (LP: #1968154)

Source diff to previous version
1968154 Only keep 2 kernels

Version: 2.0.6 2021-07-02 00:06:31 UTC

  apt (2.0.6) focal; urgency=medium

  * RunScripts: Do not reset SIGQUIT and SIGINT to SIG_DFL (LP: #1898026)
  * test suite fix: Check for and discard expected warning from MaybeAddAuth
  * Fix downloads of unsized files that are largest in pipeline (LP: #1921626),
    and warn about packages without size (option Acquire::AllowUnsizedPackages)
  * JSON hooks 0.2 and assorted JSON bugfixes (LP: #1926150)
    - encoder fixes:
      + json: Escape strings using \u escape sequences, add test
      + json: Actually pop states
      + json: Encode NULL strings as null
    - json: Flush standard file descriptors before calling hooks
      (this avoids output from hooks in middle of apt output)
    - non-code changes:
      + test/json: Make the test hook more reliable
      + Fix a typo in json-hooks-protocol.md (thanks to Brian Murray)
    - semantic changes (new fields, hooks, and protocol 0.2):
      + json: Add origins fields to version
      + upgrade: Add JSON hook support (AptCli::Hooks::Upgrade)
      + json: Add `package-list` and `statistics` install hooks
      + json: Hook protocol 0.2 (added upgrade,downgrade,reinstall modes)
    + Fix a typo in json-hooks-protocol.md (thanks to Brian Murray)
  * Avoid infinite loop on EOF on media change prompt (LP: #1928687)

 -- Julian Andres Klode <email address hidden> Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:05:46 +0200

1921626 size mismatch error if request of unknown size is larger than others
1926150 [SRU] Backport JSON hooks 0.2
1928687 Avoid infinite loop on EOF on media change prompt



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