Bug#377931: apt-get update no longer downloads Packages.bz2

["Adrian Yee" <brewt@lappy.brewt.org>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.6.44.2
Severity: important

The bzip2 1.0.3-3 package removes the /usr/bin/bzip2 symlink (bug
#375285) and apt-get only checks for /usr/bin/bzip2 (not /bin/bzip2)
before it downloads Packages.bz2.  As a result, repositories such as the
vdlinux one fail to update since a Packages.gz does not exist.

-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
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/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

deb http://mirrors1.kernel.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://mirrors1.kernel.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib

deb http://mirrors1.kernel.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb-src http://mirrors1.kernel.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib

deb http://vdlinux.sourceforge.jp/ experimental audacious

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17.1
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.6-15   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.1.1-8  GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                    4.1.1-8    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

Versions of packages apt recommends:
pn  debian-archive-keyring        <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information