-# ensure the update fails
-# useful for debugging to add "-o Debug::pkgAcquire::auth=true"
-msgtest 'apt-get update for should fail with the modified' 'InRelease'
-aptget update 2>&1 | grep -q 'Hash Sum mismatch' > /dev/null && msgpass || msgfail
+# ensure the update doesn't load bad data as good data
+# Note that we will pick up the InRelease itself as we download no other
+# indexes which would trigger a hashsum mismatch, but we ignore the 'bad'
+# part of the InRelease
+listcurrentlistsdirectory | sed '/_InRelease/ d' > listsdir.lst
+msgtest 'apt-get update should ignore unsigned data in the' 'InRelease'
+testsuccessequal "Get:1 http://localhost:${APTHTTPPORT} stable InRelease [$(stat -c%s aptarchive/dists/stable/InRelease) B]
+Reading package lists..." --nomsg aptget update
+testfileequal './listsdir.lst' "$(listcurrentlistsdirectory | sed '/_InRelease/ d')"