"HASH SUM MISMATCH" errors in apt version 0.7.9
Hello,
(same message as yesterday, ccing all relevant maintainers of apt, apt-utils,
aptitude, and synaptic this time)
using Debian Sid I stumble over lots of HASH SUM MISMATCHES in connection with
apt versions > 0.7.6.
That concerns only self-built Debian packages that I host locally.
(call them unofficial ones if you may wish).
Within version 0.7.6 or earlier this error does not appear at all.
Can someone reading that please:
a. reproduce the error?
b. fix that bug?
Just take a self-built Debian package which is NOT part of any official distro
and host it on a local server of your personal choice under f. ex.
var/www/apache2-default/mydebian/pool/main/*/(appname)/(app).
Imply the self-built packages' path to its repository in etc/apt/sources.list
(f. ex.: deb http://192.168.0.1/apache2-default/mydebian/ sid main non-free)
on the server and at least one workstation.
Then try to install the package using synaptic, kpackage or apt-get install...
Then you should be able to reproduce the error on your own:
The relevant package will _hang_ in directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial.
It will refuse to get installed at all.
That can't be a real solution, can it?
Thanks
Uwe
P. S.: Please fix that bug as those errors do suck extremely!
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