In output from `apt update` what do 'InRelease' and 'Release' refer to?
Here is an example showing the 'InRelease' and 'Release' line suffixes:
# apt update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
Ign:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:3 http://sfo1.mirrors.digitalocean.com/mariadb/repo/10.2/debian stretch InRelease
Hit:4 http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/debian stretch-updates InRelease
Ign:5 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable InRelease
Ign:6 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease
Hit:7 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Hit:8 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports InRelease
Hit:9 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release
...
I know what a Release is. Although a web search for InRelease didn't turn up much.
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Here is an example showing the 'InRelease' and 'Release' line suffixes:
# apt update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
Ign:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:3 http://sfo1.mirrors.digitalocean.com/mariadb/repo/10.2/debian stretch InRelease
Hit:4 http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/debian stretch-updates InRelease
Ign:5 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable InRelease
Ign:6 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease
Hit:7 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Hit:8 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports InRelease
Hit:9 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release
...
I know what a Release is. Although a web search for InRelease didn't turn up much.
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Here is an example showing the 'InRelease' and 'Release' line suffixes:
# apt update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
Ign:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:3 http://sfo1.mirrors.digitalocean.com/mariadb/repo/10.2/debian stretch InRelease
Hit:4 http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/debian stretch-updates InRelease
Ign:5 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable InRelease
Ign:6 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease
Hit:7 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Hit:8 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports InRelease
Hit:9 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release
...
I know what a Release is. Although a web search for InRelease didn't turn up much.
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Here is an example showing the 'InRelease' and 'Release' line suffixes:
# apt update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
Ign:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:3 http://sfo1.mirrors.digitalocean.com/mariadb/repo/10.2/debian stretch InRelease
Hit:4 http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/debian stretch-updates InRelease
Ign:5 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable InRelease
Ign:6 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease
Hit:7 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Hit:8 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports InRelease
Hit:9 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release
...
I know what a Release is. Although a web search for InRelease didn't turn up much.
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InRelease files are equivalent to Release files with the exception that they contain an inline GPG signature, whereas validating Release files requires downloading a separate Release.gpg file. Having the signature in line avoids race conditions when downloading.
This FTP master meeting summary contains this feature’s announcement, with a brief description.
Since the title asks about them too, I’ll mention that Release files contain distribution metadata and the checksums of the index files.
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InRelease files are equivalent to Release files with the exception that they contain an inline GPG signature, whereas validating Release files requires downloading a separate Release.gpg file. Having the signature in line avoids race conditions when downloading.
This FTP master meeting summary contains this feature’s announcement, with a brief description.
Since the title asks about them too, I’ll mention that Release files contain distribution metadata and the checksums of the index files.
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InRelease files are equivalent to Release files with the exception that they contain an inline GPG signature, whereas validating Release files requires downloading a separate Release.gpg file. Having the signature in line avoids race conditions when downloading.
This FTP master meeting summary contains this feature’s announcement, with a brief description.
Since the title asks about them too, I’ll mention that Release files contain distribution metadata and the checksums of the index files.
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Stephen KittStephen Kitt
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InRelease files are equivalent to Release files with the exception that they contain an inline GPG signature, whereas validating Release files requires downloading a separate Release.gpg file. Having the signature in line avoids race conditions when downloading.
This FTP master meeting summary contains this feature’s announcement, with a brief description.
Since the title asks about them too, I’ll mention that Release files contain distribution metadata and the checksums of the index files.
answered 2 hours ago
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
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InRelease files are equivalent to Release files with the exception that they contain an inline GPG signature, whereas validating Release files requires downloading a separate Release.gpg file. Having the signature in line avoids race conditions when downloading.
This FTP master meeting summary contains this feature’s announcement, with a brief description.
Since the title asks about them too, I’ll mention that Release files contain distribution metadata and the checksums of the index files.
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