Bug#467308: Bug # 467308 appears to be proxy-related
I am experiencing the same symptoms. From some other
posts I've seen on the Internet, this bug appears to
be proxy-related. I have not been able to reproduce
the problem when apt connects to the Internet
directly. It's only when apt connects to the Internet
via a proxy that the problem occurs.
Edit /etc/apt/apt.conf and comment out the proxy line
and things should work OK. Of course, this is a
circumvention, not a fix. But this information should
help the poor sucker who has to fix this bug. If a
bug cannot be reproduced, it's hard to fix!
For example, there should be a line in
/etc/apt/apt.conf that looks something like this:
Acquire::http::proxy "http://10.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080/";;
where "xxx" represents some arbitrary octet. Comment
this out by inserting two leading slashes, per the man
page for apt.conf:
// Acquire::http::proxy "http://10.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080/";;
Then run "aptitude update" or "apt-get update" and
everything should work fine. Of course, bypassing the
proxy may violate your corporate policy; but for
diagnostic purposes you may be able to get away with
it.
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