apt-get: gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file ERROR
Yes, the CISCO cache engines seem to have a problem with APT (at one point
APT had a problem with them too..) I've never heard of the behavior you
are mentioning though.
Judging by your bug report, even though you claim to be using 0.3.6, I
think you must be mistaken. APT versions prior to about 0.3.2 output
lines like 'http: Bad header line' 0.3.6 most certainly prints out a
correct error message, and also fixes this specific problem with the old
cache engines. Double check that with apt-get --version and use 0.3.6.
Also, tell your ISP to upgrade their firmware. The problem is that the
device returns
Connection:closes
As an http header which doesn't follow the RFC recommendation for having a
space after the colon. Furthermore you will experiance generally poor
performance behind them as they do not support crucial HTTP/1.1 features
such as pipelining and possibly even Range. My University just got one
this year and it is really sucky (but doesn't have the connection:closes
problem, go figure) :<
In general APT performance through a cache engine is degreded far beyond
the level of even FTP, particularly on loaded cache's.
Jason
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