&apt-email;
&apt-product;
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- <date>2016-03-18T00:00:00Z</date>
+ <date>2016-07-08T00:00:00Z</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<para>
You can force all APT clients to raise only warnings by setting the
configuration option <option>Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories</option> to
- <literal>true</literal>. Note that this option will eventually be removed.
+ <literal>true</literal>. Individual repositories can also be allowed to be insecure
+ via the &sources-list; option <literal>allow-insecure=yes</literal>.
+ Note that insecure repositories are strongly discouraged and all options
+ to force apt to continue supporting them will eventually be removed.
Users also have the <option>Trusted</option> option available to disable
even the warnings, but be sure to understand the implications as detailed in
&sources-list;.
irrespective of the option to allow or forbid usage of insecure repositories.
The error can be overcome by additionally setting
<option>Acquire::AllowDowngradeToInsecureRepositories</option>
- to <literal>true</literal>.
+ to <literal>true</literal> or for Individual repositories with the &sources-list;
+ option <literal>allow-downgrade-to-insecure=yes</literal>.
</para>
<para>