Size mismatch ...

[Sylvain Milot <sylvain@bic.mni.mcgill.ca>]

Hi,

I have a little problem with apt ... I'm running version 0.7.20.2+lenny1

This is for a little home made package that I've created and I get
size mismatch errors when trying to install it via apt-get or aptitude
while it installs fine with dpkg -i.

here's a bit more info:

# dpkg --info /mirror/lenny/extras/.//matlab10a_7.10R2010a_all.deb
 new debian package, version 2.0.
 size 2292032590 bytes: control archive= 268 bytes.
     177 bytes,     6 lines      control
 Package: matlab10a
 Version: 7.10R2010a
 Maintainer: Sylvain Milot <sylvain@bic.mni.mcgill.ca>
 Architecture: all
 Description: Matlab Version 7.10.0.499
  Internal Package for BIC.

# apt-cache show matlab10a
Package: matlab10a
Version: 7.10R2010a
Maintainer: Sylvain Milot <sylvain@bic.mni.mcgill.ca>
Architecture: all
Filename: .//matlab10a_7.10R2010a_all.deb
Size: 2292032590
MD5sum: 72b93bb6a88ee6a671e8fe7fcf759dba
Description: Matlab Version 7.10.0.499
 Internal Package for BIC.

# apt-cache showpkg matlab10a
Package: matlab10a
Versions:
7.10R2010a (/var/lib/apt/lists/_mirror_lenny_extras_._Packages)
 Description Language:
                 File: /var/lib/apt/lists/_mirror_lenny_extras_._Packages
                  MD5: ae90a9bbf811978261e35bc5c1ab22d7


Reverse Depends:
Dependencies:
7.10R2010a -
Provides:
7.10R2010a -
Reverse Provides:

At this point, the odd thing is that MD5 sums are reported as different ... and finally

# apt-get install matlab10a
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  matlab10a
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 35 not upgraded.
2.29203e+09,-2.00293e+09
How odd.. The sizes didn't match, email apt@packages.debian.org
Need to get 0B/2292MB of archives.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  matlab10a
Authentication warning overridden.
Failed to fetch file:/mirror/lenny/extras/.//matlab10a_7.10R2010a_all.deb  Size mismatch
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

The question that keeps buzzing in my head is : Is there a file size limit for a debian
package ?

HTH and best regards,

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