[Bug 1697120] Re: artful's apt-file and aptitude complains about Ubuntu sources.list

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** Changed in: apt (Debian)
       Status: Unknown => New

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Title:
  artful's apt-file and aptitude complains about Ubuntu sources.list

Status in apt-file package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in aptitude package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in apt package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  apt-file is now difficult to use with about a dozen warnings like
  this:

  W: Target Contents-deb-legacy (Contents-amd64) is configured multiple
  times in /etc/apt/sources.list:6 and /etc/apt/sources.list:17

  For reference, this is line 6:
  deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful main restricted

  And this is line 17:
  deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful universe

  This is how Ubuntu's default sources.list has been structured since
  the beginning? (or at least more than a decade).

  What I expect
  -------------
  The warning isn't specific enough. Lines 6 and 17 are not actually duplicates. The warning could be removed or fixed so that it doesn't complain about non-duplicates.

  Or the warning could be disabled on Ubuntu.

  See also
  --------
  LP: #1579372

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