vscode: .deb Linux repos changed Origin and Label fields, triggering update errors

apt remove code

remove sources

go code oss!

https://appimage.github.io/Code_OSS/

Same here, I’m reluctant to accept the changes until confirmation

Thanks for the bug report. We’re working to fix this issue. Updates are being tracked here: https://github.com/microsoft/linux-package-repositories/issues/96

Yes, I would also appreciate very much some clarification on this chance from the official VS Code team. For now it looks as if this could be a malicious change by someone from outside of the team.

FYI, this should be fixed now.

This change also means users can’t update using Ubuntu’s inbuilt updating application which just shows a generic error that says “Failed to download repository information” with no explanation, and tells you to check your internet connection.

The only way to see what has happened is to use apt update in the terminal where you can accept the change (which is not something I am happy to do and I have avoided).

InRelease is changing to and fro:

phil@phil-reco-spcc:~$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
[...]                                                                                                                          
Get:11 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease [3,533 B]                                                                                                                                     
[...]
Hit:20 https://esm.ubuntu.com/infra/ubuntu jammy-infra-updates InRelease
E: Repository 'https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease' changed its 'Origin' value from 'vscode stable' to 'Pulp 3'
E: Repository 'https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease' changed its 'Label' value from 'vscode stable' to ''
N: This must be accepted explicitly before updates for this repository can be applied. See apt-secure(8) manpage for details.
Do you want to accept these changes and continue updating from this repository? [y/N] n
Fetched 18.2 kB in 27s (672 B/s)                                                                                                                                                                                  
Reading package lists... Done
E: Failed to fetch https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode/dists/stable/InRelease  
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
phil@phil-reco-spcc:~$ sudo apt update
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [110 kB]
[...]
Get:9 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease [3,573 B]                                                                                                                                    
[...]
[...]
Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main Translation-en [188 kB]
Fetched 1,753 kB in 2s (1,024 kB/s)                              
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
2 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
phil@phil-reco-spcc:~$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
[...]
Get:12 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease [3,533 B]                                                                                                                     
[...]
E: Repository 'https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease' changed its 'Origin' value from 'vscode stable' to 'Pulp 3'
E: Repository 'https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease' changed its 'Label' value from 'vscode stable' to ''
N: This must be accepted explicitly before updates for this repository can be applied. See apt-secure(8) manpage for details.
Do you want to accept these changes and continue updating from this repository? [y/N] n 
Fetched 18.2 kB in 26s (697 B/s)                                                                                                                                                                                  
Reading package lists... Done
E: Failed to fetch https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode/dists/stable/InRelease  
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.