Bug#409284: apt: Ignores the contents of the Release file and pulls Packages.gz out of the hat
Eddy Petrișor <eddy.petrisor@gmail.com> writes:
> When trying to apt-get update (true for aptitude update, too)
> - apt tries to fetch a Packages.gz file although the Release file does
> not specify the existance of such a file
> - apt fails to update (without even falling back to the file specified
> in the Release file)
If you wish that APT gets the uncompressed Packages file, you should
then use the file:/// protocol instead of http or ftp. IIRC it'll
behaves like you wish.
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