Bug#1043578: apt update gives weird errors when apt/lists files are truncated to 0 bytes
Package: apt
Version: 2.7.3
Severity: normal
echo -n > /var/lib/apt/lists/www.coker.com.au_dists_bookworm_InRelease
echo -n > /var/lib/apt/lists/www.coker.com.au_dists_bookworm_misc_binary-arm64_Packages
I ran the above commands to truncate the apt lists files for my source and
ran "apt update" and got the below error.
What I expected to happen is to have apt say "cached files are corrupt,
refreshing from the net" or something similar. While it is technically
correct to say that the files couldn't be split into parts, the correct
thing to say is "no data found".
The reason I tested this is that I had a problem on an Ubuntu system with
zero byte files in /var/lib/apt/lists (for unknown reasons) and chose
Debian/Unstable as the platform to reproduce and report the bug.
# apt update
Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable InRelease
Hit:2 http://repo.mobian.org trixie InRelease
Hit:3 https://www.coker.com.au bookworm InRelease
Err:3 https://www.coker.com.au bookworm InRelease
Splitting up /var/lib/apt/lists/www.coker.com.au_dists_bookworm_InRelease into data and signature failed
Reading package lists... Error!
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: https://www.coker.com.au bookworm InRelease: Splitting up /var/lib/apt/lists/www.coker.com.au_dists_bookworm_InRelease into data and signature failed
W: Failed to fetch https://www.coker.com.au/dists/bookworm/InRelease Splitting up /var/lib/apt/lists/www.coker.com.au_dists_bookworm_InRelease into data and signature failed
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
E: Splitting of clearsigned file /var/lib/apt/lists/www.coker.com.au_dists_bookworm_InRelease failed as it doesn't contain all expected parts
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "arm64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "False";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Sandbox "";
APT::Sandbox::User "_apt";
APT::Sandbox::Seccomp "True";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-[a-z0-9]*$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-[a-z0-9]*-[a-z0-9]*$";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages "";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-.*";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-.*";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "gnumach-.*";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-modules";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections "";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "tasks";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections "";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "oldlibs";
APT::Periodic "";
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";
APT::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success "";
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-Success:: "if /usr/bin/test -w /var/cache/swcatalog -a -e /usr/bin/appstreamcli; then appstreamcli refresh --source=os > /dev/null || true; fi";
APT::Architectures "";
APT::Architectures:: "arm64";
APT::Compressor "";
APT::Compressor::. "";
APT::Compressor::.::Name ".";
APT::Compressor::.::Extension "";
APT::Compressor::.::Binary "";
APT::Compressor::.::Cost "0";
APT::Compressor::zstd "";
APT::Compressor::zstd::Name "zstd";
APT::Compressor::zstd::Extension ".zst";
APT::Compressor::zstd::Binary "zstd";
APT::Compressor::zstd::Cost "60";
APT::Compressor::zstd::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::zstd::CompressArg:: "-19";
APT::Compressor::zstd::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::zstd::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::lz4 "";
APT::Compressor::lz4::Name "lz4";
APT::Compressor::lz4::Extension ".lz4";
APT::Compressor::lz4::Binary "false";
APT::Compressor::lz4::Cost "50";
APT::Compressor::gzip "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Name "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Extension ".gz";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Binary "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Cost "100";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg:: "-6n";
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 "200";
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 "300";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg:: "-6";
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 "400";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "-6";
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::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::netrcparts "auth.conf.d";
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::planners "";
Dir::Bin::planners:: "/usr/lib/apt/planners";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Bin::gzip "/bin/gzip";
Dir::Bin::bzip2 "/bin/bzip2";
Dir::Bin::xz "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Bin::lz4 "/usr/bin/lz4";
Dir::Bin::zstd "/usr/bin/zstd";
Dir::Bin::lzma "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
Dir::Log::Planner "eipp.log.xz";
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]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.ucf-[a-z]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.distUpgrade$";
Acquire "";
Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories "0";
Acquire::AllowWeakRepositories "0";
Acquire::AllowDowngradeToInsecureRepositories "0";
Acquire::cdrom "";
Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom/";
Acquire::IndexTargets "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::MetaKey "$(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-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11 "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/dep11/Components-$(NATIVE_ARCHITECTURE).yml";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11::ShortDescription "Components-$(NATIVE_ARCHITECTURE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) $(NATIVE_ARCHITECTURE) DEP-11 Metadata";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11::KeepCompressed "true";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11::KeepCompressedAs "gz";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-small "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-small::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/dep11/icons-48x48.tar";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-small::ShortDescription "icons-48x48";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-small::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) DEP-11 48x48 Icons";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-small::KeepCompressed "true";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-small::KeepCompressedAs "gz";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-small::DefaultEnabled "true";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/dep11/icons-64x64.tar";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons::ShortDescription "icons-64x64";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) DEP-11 64x64 Icons";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons::KeepCompressed "true";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons::KeepCompressedAs "gz";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons::DefaultEnabled "true";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-hidpi "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-hidpi::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/dep11/icons-64x64@2.tar";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-hidpi::ShortDescription "icons-64x64@2";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-hidpi::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) DEP-11 64x64@2 Icons";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-hidpi::KeepCompressed "true";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-hidpi::KeepCompressedAs "gz";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-hidpi::DefaultEnabled "true";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/dep11/icons-128x128.tar";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large::ShortDescription "icons-128x128";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) DEP-11 128x128 Icons";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large::KeepCompressed "true";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large::KeepCompressedAs "gz";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large::DefaultEnabled "true";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large-hidpi "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large-hidpi::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/dep11/icons-128x128@2.tar";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large-hidpi::ShortDescription "icons-128x128@2";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large-hidpi::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) DEP-11 128x128@2 Icons";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large-hidpi::KeepCompressed "true";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large-hidpi::KeepCompressedAs "gz";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::DEP-11-icons-large-hidpi::DefaultEnabled "false";
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 "https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/@CHANGEPATH@_changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Ubuntu "https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/@CHANGEPATH@/changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::AlwaysOnline "";
Acquire::Changelogs::AlwaysOnline::Origin "";
Acquire::Changelogs::AlwaysOnline::Origin::Ubuntu "1";
Acquire::Snapshots "";
Acquire::Snapshots::URI "";
Acquire::Snapshots::URI::Origin "";
Acquire::Snapshots::URI::Origin::Debian "https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/@SNAPSHOTID@/";;
Acquire::Snapshots::URI::Origin::Ubuntu "https://snapshot.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/@SNAPSHOTID@/";;
Acquire::Snapshots::URI::Override "";
Acquire::Snapshots::URI::Override::Label "";
Acquire::Snapshots::URI::Override::Label::Debian-Security "https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-security/@SNAPSHOTID@/";;
Acquire::Snapshots::URI::Host "";
Acquire::Snapshots::URI::Host::archive.ubuntu.com "https://snapshot.ubuntu.com/@PATH@/@SNAPSHOTID@/";;
Acquire::Snapshots::URI::Host::deb.debian.org "https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/@PATH@/@SNAPSHOTID@/";;
Acquire::Snapshots::URI::Host::.archive.ubuntu.com "https://snapshot.ubuntu.com/@PATH@/@SNAPSHOTID@/";;
Acquire::Snapshots::URI::Host::security.ubuntu.com "https://snapshot.ubuntu.com/@PATH@/@SNAPSHOTID@/";;
Acquire::Snapshots::URI::Host::ppa.launchpadcontent.net "https://snapshot.ppa.launchpadcontent.net/@PATH@/@SNAPSHOTID@/";;
Acquire::Snapshots::URI::Host::ppa.launchpad.net "https://snapshot.ppa.launchpadcontent.net/@PATH@/@SNAPSHOTID@/";;
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "en";
Acquire::CompressionTypes "";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::xz "xz";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::bz2 "bzip2";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::lzma "lzma";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::gz "gzip";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::lz4 "lz4";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::zst "zstd";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Path "/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
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::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
Unattended-Upgrade "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "origin=Debian,codename=${distro_codename},label=Debian";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "origin=Debian,codename=${distro_codename},label=Debian-Security";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "origin=Debian,codename=${distro_codename}-security,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::Get::Update "";
Binary::apt::APT::Get::Update::InteractiveReleaseInfoChanges "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cmd "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cmd::Show-Update-Stats "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cmd::Pattern-Only "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "0";
Binary::apt::DPkg "";
Binary::apt::DPkg::Progress-Fancy "1";
Binary::apt::DPkg::Lock "";
Binary::apt::DPkg::Lock::Timeout "-1";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/preferences.d/00-mobian-priority --
Package: *
Pin: release o=Mobian
Pin-Priority: 700
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main non-free-firmware
#deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main non-free-firmware
#deb http://security.debian.org/ bookworm-security main non-free-firmware
deb [ signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/etbe.gpg arch=arm64 ] https://www.coker.com.au bookworm misc
-- /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mobian.list --
deb http://repo.mobian.org/ trixie main non-free-firmware
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
Architecture: arm64 (aarch64)
Kernel: Linux 6.1-rockchip (SMP w/6 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_CRAP, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: unable to detect
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii adduser 3.137
ii base-passwd 3.6.1
ii debian-archive-keyring 2023.4
ii gpgv 2.2.40-1.1
ii libapt-pkg6.0 2.7.3
ii libc6 2.37-7
ii libgcc-s1 13.2.0-2
ii libgnutls30 3.8.1-3
ii libseccomp2 2.5.4-1+b3
ii libstdc++6 13.2.0-2
ii libsystemd0 254.1-2
Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii ca-certificates 20230311
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
ii aptitude 0.8.13-5
ii dpkg-dev 1.21.22
ii gnupg 2.2.40-1.1
pn powermgmt-base <none>
-- debconf-show failed
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