Bug#831762: apt data corrupts with MergeList
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On Tue, 2016-07-19 at 11:23 +0200, David Kalnischkies wrote:
> As "usual", I haven't seen that myself… do you happen to have the
> failing file around and can you upload it somewhere?
>
> Perhaps looking at the file gives us an idea what went wrong as apt got
> the correct content (as verified by hashes), but somehow messed up the
> writing of the files which happens in parallel (see also the DC16 apt
> talk by Julian which mentions this).
>
> The question is just who messed up: If Pdiff we would have potentially
> ed-artifacts in the file, otherwise it could be the write-buffered
> implementation or perhaps its the downloader picking up a partial file
> incorrectly, ………
>
> Hard to say without details.
I was able to reproduce it on the very first attempt.
Get:127 http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/debian experimental/main i386
Packages 2016-07-21-1501.52.pdiff [3,879 B]
Get:128 http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/debian experimental/main i386
Packages 2016-07-21-2102.04.pdiff [7,114 B]
Get:129 http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/debian experimental/main i386
Packages 2016-07-22-0304.56.pdiff [355 B]
Get:130 http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/debian experimental/main i386
Packages 2016-07-22-0902.26.pdiff [395 B]
Get:131 http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/debian experimental/main i386
Packages 2016-07-22-1501.32.pdiff [7,014 B]
Get:132 http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/debian experimental/main i386
Packages 2016-07-22-2101.37.pdiff [21.2 kB]
Get:133 http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/debian experimental/main
Translation-en 2016-07-21-0306.42.pdiff [3,251 B]
Get:132 http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/debian experimental/main i386
Packages 2016-07-22-2101.37.pdiff [21.2 kB]
Get:134 http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/debian experimental/main
Translation-en 2016-07-21-1501.52.pdiff [33 B]
Get:135 http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/debian experimental/main
Translation-en 2016-07-21-2102.04.pdiff [704 B]
Get:136 http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/debian experimental/main
Translation-en 2016-07-22-0304.56.pdiff [61 B]
Get:137 http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/debian experimental/main
Translation-en 2016-07-22-1501.32.pdiff [53 B]
Get:138 http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/debian experimental/main
Translation-en 2016-07-22-2101.37.pdiff [267 B]
Get:138 http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/debian experimental/main
Translation-en 2016-07-22-2101.37.pdiff [267 B]
Get:139 http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/debian experimental/non-free i386
Packages 2016-07-21-1501.52.pdiff [3,962 B]
Get:139 http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/debian experimental/non-free i386
Packages 2016-07-21-1501.52.pdiff [3,962 B]
Fetched 18.0 MB in 1min 42s (175
kB/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/httpredir.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-
amd64_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
15:29 ___ _ => 100
rrs@chutzpah:/var/tmp/Debian-Build/Result$
I'll keep the machine as is, let me know if you need more information.
The file is uploaded to:
https://people.debian.org/~rrs/httpredir.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_bi
nary-amd64_Packages.xz
- --
Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs
Debian - The Universal Operating System
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