Bug#879662: http and https as well

[nicodache <nicodache@gmail.com>]

Hello,

I believe I'm facing the same issue after my yesterday's update, with method http.

[20:51] <nicodache@tcherepnin> ~ $ sudo apt-get update  
Réception de:1 http://ftp.belnet.be/debian sid InRelease [235 kB]
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Le sous-processus http a reçu le signal 31

[20:51] <nicodache@tcherepnin> ~ $ apt --version
apt 1.6~alpha1 (amd64)

Do you confirm the cause appears similar ? 

I managed to update my Sid after modifying my source.list to point towards ftp://. It all went fine, but when reversing to http (for https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170425), error is still present.

FWIW, I've had the same error with method https (which I use for non-free Opera web browser).

Thanks

-- N