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Ubuntu's own git, fish, and many other packages lag well behind upstream, and vendor tools such as Docker ship from their own apt repositories. Until now, getting either into a bootstrap meant a pre-packages hook that ran add-apt-repository or wrote source files and keys by hand (discussion).

You can now declare those repositories next to the packages that come from them:

[bootstrap.apt.sources]
git-core = { ppa = "git-core/ppa" }
fish = { ppa = "fish-shell/release-4" }

[bootstrap.apt.sources.docker]
uris = "https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu"
components = "stable"
key = "https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg"
fingerprint = "9DC8 5822 9FC7 DD38 854A E2D8 8D81 803C 0EBF CD88"

[bootstrap.packages]
"apt:git" = "latest"
"apt:fish" = "latest"
"apt:docker-ce-cli" = "latest"

$ mise bootstrap packages apply --dry-run
fetch the signing key for ppa:git-core/ppa into /etc/apt/keyrings/mise-git-core.gpg
write /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mise-git-core.sources
...
apt-get update
apt-get install -y -- git fish docker-ce-cli

On Ubuntu 24.04 this installs git 2.55 from the PPA (noble ships 2.43), fish 4.9, and docker-ce-cli.

Behavior

• Files. Each source becomes /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mise-<name>.sources (deb822) with Signed-By pointing at /etc/apt/keyrings/mise-<name>.gpg. apt trusts that key only for that repository, unlike a key dropped into trusted.gpg.d.
• PPAs. mise reads the signing key fingerprint from the Launchpad API and downloads the key from keyserver.ubuntu.com. software-properties-common is not needed. A fingerprint pins the key and skips the Launchpad lookup. PPAs are added only on Ubuntu or on releases that set UBUNTU_CODENAME (for example Linux Mint, which uses its Ubuntu base codename). Elsewhere they are skipped, so one config also works on Debian.
• Other repositories. These need uris, key, and fingerprint. suites defaults to the release codename (on derivatives such as Mint, the Ubuntu base codename), and components defaults to main (none for a flat .../ suite). architectures is optional.
• Key checking. From the downloaded key, mise keeps only the certificates whose fingerprints you declared, and fails if one is missing. Short key IDs are rejected. A key that is already on disk and matches is not downloaded again. If it is missing or has changed, it is replaced on the next apply. A PPA without a pinned fingerprint gets its key again whenever its source changes, for example when the name is pointed at another PPA. A PPA entry accepts at most one fingerprint.
• Package lists. Sources are applied when the apt manager runs: during mise bootstrap (after the pre-packages hook), mise bootstrap packages apply/upgrade, and packages use apt:…. Dry runs included. When a source changes, mise runs apt-get update once and skips the refresh that install or upgrade would otherwise do. apt only warns (and exits 0) when it cannot fetch a repository, so mise checks apt-get indextargets afterwards: it warns if a declared source still has no lists, and keeps refreshing on later runs until it does.
• Confirmation. Without --yes on a terminal, mise asks once (apt: add or update sources …?) before changing any source, as it does before applying files. A no leaves every source as it was. A source that fails (unreachable key URL, fingerprint mismatch) is reported with the run's other failures; the remaining sources and packages still apply.
• Packages already installed. Many images ship Ubuntu's git, so a fresh machine would otherwise keep 2.43 after the PPA is declared. An unpinned apt: package now counts as out of date (version mismatch in status) while apt's candidate comes from a declared source and the installed version does not, and a plain mise bootstrap installs it. Runs that may change the machine record, in the running user's mise state directory (apt-sources-moved, keyed by URL and suite), every declared package seen installed from a declared source, whether mise moved it there, installed it fresh, or found it already there. Status queries and dry runs record nothing. Once a PPA publishes a newer build, the one installed from it is known only to dpkg, just like an old image's distro build, so apt alone can't tell them apart. A later upload is left to upgrade, as for any latest package. Version pins and arch-qualified names opt out. A dry run on a machine without the source yet can't show the move, because apt has no lists for it.
• Tool system dependencies. Automatic installs of a tool's system dependencies use declared sources too, but only when mise won't prompt (system_deps = "auto" or --yes), so declining the prompt never writes to /etc/apt.
• Removal. mise does not remove sources. mise bootstrap unapply names the leftover file, the same way it does for packages and repos.
• Invalid entries. Unknown fields, bad names, a missing key or fingerprint, or a line break in a field (which would inject into the deb822 file) produce a warning, and that entry is skipped. Other entries still apply.

Validation

• Unit tests cover rendering (Ubuntu, Mint, Debian), validation, and fingerprint selection.
• A new e2e test checks the dry-run output and the warnings without network access or root writes. The e2e image has no gpg, so signing a local repository there was not practical.
• Manual runs in containers:
  • Ubuntu 24.04 as root: the PPA, Docker, and fish sources apply. A second run is a no-op. A corrupted keyring is re-fetched. A wrong fingerprint fails with the fingerprint that was found.
  • Ubuntu 24.04 as a non-root user through sudo.
  • git preinstalled from Ubuntu, then mise bootstrap --only packages adds the PPA and installs git 2.55.0 in the same run. A second run is a no-op, and a later manual downgrade is left alone.
  • Debian trixie: the PPA is skipped, and the Docker Debian repository gets the trixie suite.

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Writes trusted apt configuration under /etc with sudo, downloads signing keys from the network, and changes which repositories packages install from—security- and system-state sensitive despite fingerprint checks and prompts.

Overview
Adds [bootstrap.apt.sources] so bootstrap can declare PPAs and vendor apt repositories next to apt: packages, instead of hand-written hooks or add-apt-repository.

For each source, mise writes deb822 files under /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ with per-repo Signed-By keyrings in /etc/apt/keyrings/, fetches signing keys over HTTP(S) (Launchpad + keyserver for PPAs), and keeps only keys matching declared full fingerprints. Sources are applied before apt installs/upgrades (including dry-run plans); interactive runs can prompt via new InstallOpts.ask. When a declared repo offers a newer candidate than the distro-installed package, apt status treats it as version mismatch once (tracked in state) so bootstrap can move e.g. Ubuntu git onto a PPA.

Supporting changes: in-process parse_keyring in mise-util gpg, config/schema/docs, e2e dry-run test, and wiring through packages use / auto system-deps (sources only when non-interactive).

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Configure PPAs and other APT repositories in bootstrap settings, with signing-key fingerprint verification and options for suites, components, and architectures.
  • Package operations apply configured sources before installation and can move eligible installed packages to a declared source. Changed sources refresh package lists without a redundant update.
  • Dry runs show planned changes without writing source or keyring files. PPA handling is limited to Ubuntu-based distributions, and local source settings can override shared settings.
• Documentation
  • Added guidance on configuring APT sources, package updates, generated files, and removing generated source files.
  • Clarified that repository file changes do not refresh package metadata; use mise bootstrap --update when needed.

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Adds named APT PPA and repository configuration. The package workflow validates declarations, reconciles source files and signing keyrings, and coordinates package-list updates with install and upgrade operations.

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APT Repository Sources

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configure and validate sources schema/mise.json, src/system/mod.rs, src/system/packages/apt_sources.rs	Adds the bootstrap.apt.sources schema and configuration handling. Source declarations merge by name. Invalid entries produce warnings and are skipped.
Render sources and manage signing keys src/system/packages/apt_sources.rs, crates/mise-util/src/gpg.rs	Parses armored and binary OpenPGP keyrings, renders PPA and repository definitions, and reconciles keyrings and source files.
Apply sources during package operations src/system/packages/mod.rs, src/system/packages/apt.rs, src/system/driver.rs, src/cli/system/use.rs, src/toolset/helpers.rs, src/system/unapply.rs, e2e/cli/test_bootstrap_apt_sources, docs/bootstrap/*	Applies configured sources before package queries. Install and upgrade operations skip a package-list update when source application already refreshed the lists. Adds end-to-end coverage and documents source configuration and cleanup.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SystemDriver
  participant AptManager
  participant AptSourceApply
  participant AptGet
  SystemDriver->>AptManager: apply configured sources before package queries
  AptManager->>AptSourceApply: reconcile source files and keyrings
  AptSourceApply->>AptGet: refresh package lists when required
  AptSourceApply-->>AptManager: report whether lists were refreshed
  AptManager-->>SystemDriver: continue package operations

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The batch-recording concern does not block merging. A failed APT source-entry query can still defer a needed package-list refresh, so the remaining risk warrants owner awareness.

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Adds [bootstrap.apt.sources] for PPAs and other apt repositories.

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🟡 Minor · Refresh when apt-get indextargets cannot answer. · apt_sources.rs:539-579

src/system/packages/apt_sources.rs:539-579
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Refresh when apt-get indextargets cannot answer.

When both source files are unchanged and either index-target query fails, sources_without_lists returns an empty list. apply then skips apt-get update. The package flow can return after source application when no package targets remain, leaving the declared source without package lists and its packages unavailable.

Treat an unknown query result as a refresh condition. Emit missing-list warnings only when the post-refresh query succeeds.

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-    let refresh = changed || !sources_without_lists(&declared).is_empty();
+    let missing = sources_without_lists(&declared);
+    let refresh =
+        changed || missing.as_ref().map_or(true, |missing| !missing.is_empty());
     if refresh {
         let args = vec!["update".to_string()];
         let env = vec![("DEBIAN_FRONTEND".to_string(), "noninteractive".to_string())];
         if dry_run {
             miseprintln!("{}", sudo::argv_with_env("apt-get", &args, &env).join(" "));
         } else {
             sudo::run("apt-get", &args, &env)?;
             // apt reports a repository it could not fetch as a warning and
             // still exits 0
-            for name in sources_without_lists(&declared) {
-                warn!(
-                    "apt: could not fetch the package lists for source {name}; see the apt-get update output above"
-                );
+            if let Some(missing) = sources_without_lists(&declared) {
+                for name in missing {
+                    warn!(
+                        "apt: could not fetch the package lists for source {name}; see the apt-get update output above"
+                    );
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@
-fn sources_without_lists<'a>(declared: &[(&'a AptSource, PathBuf)]) -> Vec<&'a str> {
+fn sources_without_lists<'a>(
+    declared: &[(&'a AptSource, PathBuf)],
+) -> Option<Vec<&'a str>> {
@@
     // when apt cannot answer, assume the lists are there rather than
     // refreshing on every run
     let (Some(configured), Some(fetched)) = (entries(false), entries(true)) else {
-        return vec![];
+        return None;
     };
-    declared
+    Some(declared
         .iter()
         .filter(|(_, path)| configured.contains(path) && !fetched.contains(path))
         .map(|(source, _)| source.name.as_str())
-        .collect()
+        .collect())
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