Bug#366795: apt 0.6.44 downloads pdiff files

[David Liontooth <liontooth@cogweb.net>]

Hi Michael,

Michael Vogt wrote:
> On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 08:15:07PM -0700, David Liontooth wrote:
>   
>> Michael Vogt wrote:
>>     
>>> On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 10:05:14PM -0700, David Liontooth wrote:
>>> Can you please attach the output of:
>>> # apt-get update -o Debug::PkgAcquire::Diffs=true
>>>   
>>>       
>> That's a long one:
>>     
> [..]
>   
>> Fetched 3390kB in 2m53s (19.5kB/s)
>> Failed to fetch
>> ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/Release.gpg  Connection
>> timeout
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old
>> ones used instead.
>>     
>
> Hm, the log looks ok (except for the http timeout of course), what
> exactly is the problem? Did something went wrong with the upgrade?
> Is your packages file or pkgcache.bin corrupted?
>   
I saw the unexpected files being downloaded and assumed quite mistakenly
there was a problem. Now I understand and applaud the new arrangement.
Perhaps a note could have accompanied the upgrade? This is after all a
major change in behavior, and good news to boot!
>  
>   
>>> You can get the old apt behaviour back (no pdiff support) with:
>>> # apt-get update -o Acquire::PDiffs=False
>>>   
>>>       
>> Thank you! This won't help wajig, however, though of course if this is
>> intended behavior in apt, wajig can presumably be modified to work
>> around it. What's the added benefit of the pdiff patch?
>>     
> [..]
>
> The pdiff patch will only download "diffs" (ed-style) for the Packages
> index files. This means that for a daily update you have to get ~50kb
> instead of the usually 3-4Mb. 
>
>   
>> #366678: wajig show no longer shows any packages
>>     
> [..]
>
> I have no idea why wajig does not work with apt 0.6.44. I would be
> interessted to know how it interfaces with apt to help fixing this
> problem. I will be glad to help you making it "harmonize with a
> madman". I'm usually around on irc in #ubuntu-devel if you want to
> discuss it with fast turn-around.
>   
Thank you for the offer; I've let the wajig author and maintainer know.

Please close this bug report; it was submitted in error.

Best wishes,
David