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authorJulian Andres Klode <julian.klode@canonical.com>2019-01-30 13:43:29 +0100
committerJulian Andres Klode <julian.klode@canonical.com>2019-01-31 16:21:04 +0100
commit80282d1830fe31d87c1b67437f17df9a9001c633 (patch)
tree046943f777a02c28274a0e5fbcad22437b6bb7ee /apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc
parente3664a6178674a009b311cd5a88cc33599efa216 (diff)
Disable deprecated methods (ftp, rsh, ssh) by default
These methods are not supposed to be used anymore, they are not actively maintained and may hence contain odd bugs. Fixes !49
Diffstat (limited to 'apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc')
-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc b/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc
index c2bbf8bed..b36186121 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ bool pkgAcquire::Worker::Start()
std::string Method;
if (_config->Exists(confItem))
Method = _config->FindFile(confItem.c_str());
+ else if (Access == "ftp" || Access == "rsh" || Access == "ssh")
+ return _error->Error(_("The method '%s' is unsupported and disabled by default. Consider switching to http(s). Set Dir::Bin::Methods::%s to \"%s\" to enable it again."), Access.c_str(), Access.c_str(), Access.c_str());
else
Method = _config->FindDir(methodsDir) + Access;
if (FileExists(Method) == false)