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Tell HN: Microsoft Edge self-destroys updating it in Debian based distros

10 points| usr1106 | 13 days ago

The newest version of 145.0.3800.58-1 of microsoft-edge-stable changes the repo to download further updates from to https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ At the moment this fails for me because I don't have Google's public key installed. But I doubt the URL is correct in the first place.

I guess Microsoft copies the maintainer scripts from Google's Chrome and forgot to patch the repo URL.

Yeah, I would not use any software from that supplier if my employer did not force me to...

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allinonetools_|13 days ago

Repo and key issues like this can completely break trust in automatic updates. I’ve had similar problems before, and it’s frustrating when a browser suddenly stops updating because of a packaging mistake. Good reminder to always check repo sources on Linux.