Bug#366795: apt 0.6.44 downloads pdiff files
Package: apt
Version: 0.6.43.3
Severity: important
apt 0.6.44 has serious problems -- due to "apt pdiff support from experimental
merged"?
Get:13 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages/DiffIndex [11.7kB]
Get:14 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages/DiffIndex [6853B]
Get:15 ftp://campus.linux.ucla.edu sid Release.gpg [189B]
Get:16 ftp://campus.linux.ucla.edu sid Release [38.3kB]
Get:17 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages/DiffIndex [5335B]
Hit ftp://mirrors.ibiblio.org sid Release.gpg
Get:18 ftp://campus.linux.ucla.edu sid/main Packages/DiffIndex [11.7kB]
Get:19 ftp://mirrors.ibiblio.org sid Release [1026B]
Get:20 ftp://campus.linux.ucla.edu sid/contrib Packages/DiffIndex [6853B]
Get:21 ftp://mirrors.ibiblio.org sid/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
Get:22 ftp://campus.linux.ucla.edu sid/non-free Packages/DiffIndex [5335B]
Ign ftp://mirrors.ibiblio.org sid/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
Get:23 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [15.6kB]
Hit ftp://mirrors.ibiblio.org sid/non-free Packages
Get:24 2006-05-08-1330.33.pdiff [18.1kB]
Get:25 2006-05-08-1330.33.pdiff [18.1kB]
Get:26 2006-05-08-1330.33.pdiff [400B]
Get:27 2006-05-08-1330.33.pdiff [18.1kB]
Get:28 2006-05-08-1330.33.pdiff [400B]
Get:29 2006-05-08-1330.33.pdiff [186B]
Get:30 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [15.6kB]
Get:31 2006-05-08-1330.33.pdiff [186B]
Get:32 2006-05-08-1330.33.pdiff [400B]
Get:33 2006-05-09-1330.22.pdiff [12.2kB]
Get:34 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [15.6kB]
Get:35 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [314B]
Get:36 2006-05-09-1330.22.pdiff [12.2kB]
Get:37 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [314B]
Get:38 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [314B]
Get:39 2006-05-08-1330.33.pdiff [186B]
Get:40 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [314B]
Get:41 2006-05-09-1330.22.pdiff [12.2kB]
Get:42 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [253B]
Get:43 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [253B]
Get:44 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [253B]
Get:45 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [314B]
Get:46 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [15.6kB]
Get:47 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [314B]
Get:48 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [253B]
Get:49 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [253B]
Get:50 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [253B]
Get:51 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [15.6kB]
Get:52 2006-05-10-1321.16.pdiff [15.6kB]
You get the idea. It also breaks wajig. This is such a key package that it's
alarming to have it fail so spectacularly; for the first time I'm filing a bug as
"important".
David
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.1.0-3 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.1.0-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2006.01.18 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
-- no debconf information
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