Bug#807049: apt: Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT'

To: debian-bts <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: Bug#807049: apt: Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT'
From: shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 14:54:32 +0000
Message-id: <[🔎] CADdDZRk9jrUHBcA8CAgEaEJjwYKjMgfy28jJ2UtRzTjyz0vnUg@mail.gmail.com>
Reply-to: shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com>, 807049@bugs.debian.org
Package: apt
Version: 1.1.3
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,
This would be a slightlish longish mail.

Unable to update/upgrade the system. Get this all the time -

$ sudo apt update
Get: 1 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing InRelease [244 B]
Err http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing InRelease
  Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network
require authentication?)
Get: 2 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable InRelease [244 B]
Err http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable InRelease
  Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network
require authentication?)
Get: 3 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian experimental InRelease [244 B]
Err http://httpredir.debian.org/debian experimental InRelease
  Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network
require authentication?)
Fetched 732 B in 37s (19 B/s)
W: Failed to fetch
http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/InRelease:
Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require
authentication?)
W: Failed to fetch
http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/InRelease:
Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require
authentication?)
W: Failed to fetch
http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/experimental/InRelease:
Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require
authentication?)
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old
ones used instead.

I had already reported it as 787724 and that time it was told it was a
temporary mirror issue, but now this issue has been persisting for
about almost a week.

I also tried the option which was shared at that bug and this is the
result when I tried at my end :-

─[$] sudo apt-get update -o Debug::Acquire::http=1

[20:11:12]
0% [Connecting to httpredir.debian.org]GET
/debian/dists/testing/InRelease HTTP/1.1
Host: httpredir.debian.org
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/*
User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (1.1.3)


Answer for: http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/InRelease
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 244
Connection: close
Cache-Control: no-cache
Expires: -1
Content-Type: text/html

Get:1 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing InRelease [244 B]
Err:1 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing InRelease
  Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network
require authentication?)
0% [Working]GET /debian/dists/unstable/InRelease HTTP/1.1
Host: httpredir.debian.org
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/*
User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (1.1.3)


Answer for: http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/InRelease
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 244
Connection: close
Cache-Control: no-cache
Expires: -1
Content-Type: text/html

Get:2 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable InRelease [244 B]
Err:2 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable InRelease
  Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network
require authentication?)
0% [Connecting to httpredir.debian.org (176.9.184.93)]GET
/debian/dists/experimental/InRelease HTTP/1.1
Host: httpredir.debian.org
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/*
User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (1.1.3)


Answer for: http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/experimental/InRelease
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 244
Connection: close
Cache-Control: no-cache
Expires: -1
Content-Type: text/html

Get:3 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian experimental InRelease [244 B]
Err:3 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian experimental InRelease
  Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network
require authentication?)
Fetched 732 B in 38s (18 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch
http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/InRelease
Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require
authentication?)
W: Failed to fetch
http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/InRelease
Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require
authentication?)
W: Failed to fetch
http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/experimental/InRelease
Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require
authentication?)
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old
ones used instead.

Let me categorically say that it's not a network issue at my end. If
it's a mirror issue, it should not perist for a week, should it ?

-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "1";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Sandbox "";
APT::Sandbox::User "_apt";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^postgresql-";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages "";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image-extra";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-signed-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "gnumach-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-modules";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-backports-modules-.*";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-tools";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections "";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "contrib/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "non-free/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections "";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "oldlibs";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "contrib/oldlibs";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "non-free/oldlibs";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs";
APT::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "test -x /usr/bin/apt-show-versions
|| exit 0 ; apt-show-versions -i";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "[ ! -f
/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket ] || /usr/bin/dbus-send --system
--dest=org.debian.apt --type=signal /org/debian/apt
org.debian.apt.CacheChanged || true";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "/usr/bin/test -e
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service
&& /usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus
call --system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path
/org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 4 --method
org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null;
/bin/echo > /dev/null";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke:: "[ ! -x /usr/bin/debtags ] || debtags
update || true";
APT::Architectures "";
APT::Architectures:: "amd64";
APT::Compressor "";
APT::Compressor::. "";
APT::Compressor::.::Name ".";
APT::Compressor::.::Extension "";
APT::Compressor::.::Binary "";
APT::Compressor::.::Cost "1";
APT::Compressor::gzip "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Name "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Extension ".gz";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Binary "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Cost "2";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg:: "-9n";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::xz "";
APT::Compressor::xz::Name "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Extension ".xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Cost "3";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg:: "-6";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::bzip2 "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Name "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Extension ".bz2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Binary "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Cost "4";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg:: "-9";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::lzma "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Name "lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Extension ".lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Cost "5";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "-9";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "-d";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/";
Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states";
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::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg";
Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::solvers "";
Dir::Bin::solvers:: "/usr/lib/apt/solvers";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Bin::bzip2 "/bin/bzip2";
Dir::Bin::xz "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Bin::lzma "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/cdrom";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently "";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.distUpgrade$";
Acquire "";
Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories "1";
Acquire::AllowDowngradeToInsecureRepositories "0";
Acquire::cdrom "";
Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom";
Acquire::IndexTargets "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::MetaKey
"$(COMPONENT)/binary-$(ARCHITECTURE)/Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::flatMetaKey "Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::ShortDescription "Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::Description
"$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) $(ARCHITECTURE) Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::Optional "0";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::MetaKey
"$(COMPONENT)/i18n/Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::flatMetaKey "$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::ShortDescription
"Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::Description
"$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::flatDescription "$(RELEASE)
Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/source/Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::flatMetaKey "Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::ShortDescription "Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::Description
"$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::Optional "0";
Acquire::Changelogs "";
Acquire::Changelogs::URI "";
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin "";
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Debian
"http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/CHANGEPATH_changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Tanglu
"http://metadata.tanglu.org/changelogs/CHANGEPATH_changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Ubuntu
"http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/CHANGEPATH/changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Ultimedia
"http://packages.ultimediaos.com/changelogs/pool/CHANGEPATH/changelog.txt";;
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "en";
Acquire::Languages:: "none";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "adequate --help >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0;
exec adequate --user nobody --apt-preinst";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "3";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::InfoFD "20";
DPkg::Tools::Options::adequate "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::adequate::Version "2";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "adequate --help >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0;
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=readline exec adequate --debconf --user nobody
--pending";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "/usr/bin/test -e
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service
&& /usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus
call --system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path
/org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 4 --method
org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null;
/bin/echo > /dev/null";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "test -x /usr/lib/needrestart/apt-pinvoke &&
/usr/lib/needrestart/apt-pinvoke || true";
AptListbugs "";
AptListbugs::Severities "critical,grave,serious";
Adequate "";
Adequate::Enabled "true";
Unattended-Upgrade "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern::
"origin=Debian,codename=${distro_codename},label=Debian-Security";
Binary "apt-config";
Binary::apt "";
Binary::apt::APT "";
Binary::apt::APT::Color "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Show "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Show::Version "2";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::AllVersions "0";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowVirtuals "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Search "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Search::Version "2";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowDependencyType "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowVersion "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Get "";
Binary::apt::APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cmd "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cmd::Show-Update-Stats "1";
Binary::apt::DPkg "";
Binary::apt::DPkg::Progress-Fancy "1";
Binary::apt::Acquire "";
Binary::apt::Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories "0";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";

-- /etc/apt/preferences --

Package: *
Pin: release testing
Pin-Priority: 600

Package: *
Pin: release experimental
Pin-Priority: 1

Package: *
Pin: release unstable
Pin-Priority: 1

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

#### testing #########
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free

 #### unstable #########
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib

 #### experimental #########
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib
deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.113+nmu3
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2014.3
ii  gnupg                   1.4.19-6
ii  gnupg2                  2.1.9-1
ii  gpgv                    1.4.19-6
ii  libapt-pkg5.0           1.1.3
ii  libc6                   2.21-0experimental4
ii  libgcc1                 1:5.2.1-23
ii  libstdc++6              5.2.1-23

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
ii  apt-doc     1.1.3
ii  aptitude    0.7.4-2
ii  dpkg-dev    1.18.3
ii  python-apt  1.1.0~beta1
ii  synaptic    0.82

-- no debconf information


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