Bug#1110470: apt: Apt downloads InRelease but does not request Package.gz, reports no error
Package: apt
Version: 2.6.1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: pascal.fb.martin@gmail.com
Dear Maintainer,
I created my own private apt repository: apt downloads the InRelease file but it never downloads the Packages.gz file and there is no error reported:
$ sudo apt update
Get:1 http://nasdev/debian bookworm InRelease [750 B]
Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports InRelease
Hit:5 http://security.debian.org bookworm-security InRelease
Hit:7 https://github.armbian.com/configng stable InRelease
Hit:6 http://armbian.lv.auroradev.org/beta bookworm InRelease
Fetched 750 B in 3s (216 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
6 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
Because I created the repository and wrote the web server, I believe that something is wrong (or missing) either in the header attributes returned by the web server or in the content of the InRelease file.
I would have expected apt to generate an error if it decides to not accept the InRelease file.
I signed the InRelease file, and copied the public key exported (using gpg --armor --export) to /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d on the client side. I checked the signature of the InRelease file using "gpg --verify" and it reports "Good signature".
I tried deleting the downloaded InRelease (in /var/lib/apt/lists): no improvement.
I made a change to one package, which changed the SHA256 checksum of the Packages.gz file, and ran "sudo apt update" again: no improvement.
Below is a capture of a complete exchange between apt and the web server:
GET /debian/dists/bookworm/InRelease HTTP/1.1
Host: nasdev
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/*
If-Modified-Since: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:09:30 GMT
User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (2.6.1)
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 750
Last-Modified: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 05:32:33 GMT
Content-Type: text/plain
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 05:33:53 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA256
Origin: House
Label: House
Suite: stable
Version: 12.11
Codename: bookworm
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 05:32:27 +0000
Architectures: all armhf
Components: main
Description: The House software suite repository
MD5Sum:
e3d6d343691931a1732d4a06255d0ee5 1996 main/binary-armhf/Packages.gz
SHA1:
52e598660bab00a4cfe9dd60439c947db126c8e5 1996 main/binary-armhf/Packages.gz
SHA256:
a9171fbbb7b49c56050b11f1746b470b3de6527989dba506a59461f35439b10a 1996 main/binary-armhf/Packages.gz
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
iHUEAREIAB0WIQSnY4oaVzPFG5d7rCkH+pWbk/eRrAUCaJLo6wAKCRAH+pWbk/eR
rKDrAP47zO/r86AnWKur9Y9UZmD/CKxDuc1GlCRhIX/G1nB0IQD/RSCLraOLo2uw
pqyYYCGGNRdXv91q2OB3RU1EmGMw6x8=
=nOBc
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "armhf";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "0";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Sandbox "";
APT::Sandbox::User "_apt";
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::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 "false";
APT::Compressor::zstd::Cost "60";
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 "10";
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";
APT::Periodic "";
APT::Periodic::Enable "0";
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "21";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "7";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "120";
APT::Architectures "";
APT::Architectures:: "armhf";
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-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::MetaKey "$(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 "$(RELEASE) Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::Optional "0";
Acquire::Changelogs "";
Acquire::Changelogs::URI "";
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin "";
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Debian "https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/@CHANGEPATH@_changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Ubuntu "https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/@CHANGEPATH@/changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::AlwaysOnline "";
Acquire::Changelogs::AlwaysOnline::Origin "";
Acquire::Changelogs::AlwaysOnline::Origin::Ubuntu "1";
Acquire::GzipIndexes "false";
Acquire::CompressionTypes "";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order "";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order:: "gz";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::xz "xz";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::bz2 "bzip2";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::lzma "lzma";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::gz "gzip";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::lz4 "lz4";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::zst "zstd";
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "none";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Path "/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "test -x /usr/lib/armbian/armbian-apt-updates && /usr/lib/armbian/armbian-apt-updates || true";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
Unattended-Upgrade "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "origin=${distro_id},codename=${distro_codename}";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "origin=Armbian";
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/armbian --
#Explanation: Uninstall or do not install chromium, thunderbird, firefox Ubuntu-originated
#Explanation: package versions other than those in the Armbian distro
#Package: chromium thunderbird firefox
#Pin: release o=armbian
#Pin-Priority: 990
#
#Package: chromium thunderbird firefox
#Pin: release o=Ubuntu
#Pin-Priority: 50
-- /etc/apt/preferences.d/frozen-armbian --
-- (no /etc/apt/sources.list present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian-config.sources --
Types: deb
URIs: https://github.armbian.com/configng
Suites: stable
Components: main
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/armbian.gpg
-- /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian.sources --
Types: deb
URIs: http://beta.armbian.com
Suites: bookworm
Components: main bookworm-utils bookworm-desktop
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/armbian-archive-keyring.gpg
-- /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources --
Types: deb
URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian
Suites: bookworm bookworm-updates bookworm-backports
Components: main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
Types: deb
URIs: http://security.debian.org/
Suites: bookworm-security
Components: main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
-- /etc/apt/sources.list.d/house.list --
deb http://nasdev/debian bookworm main
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.11
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: armhf (armv7l)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.35-current-sunxi (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_CRAP
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii adduser 3.134
ii debian-archive-keyring 2023.3+deb12u2
ii gpgv 2.2.40-1.1
ii libapt-pkg6.0 2.6.1
ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u10
ii libgcc-s1 12.2.0-14+deb12u1
ii libgnutls30 3.7.9-2+deb12u5
ii libseccomp2 2.5.4-1+deb12u1
ii libstdc++6 12.2.0-14+deb12u1
ii libsystemd0 252.38-1~deb12u1
Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii ca-certificates 20230311+deb12u1
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
pn aptitude | synaptic | wajig <none>
ii dpkg-dev 1.21.22
ii gnupg 2.2.40-1.1
ii gnupg2 2.2.40-1.1
pn powermgmt-base <none>
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/logrotate.d/apt changed:
/var/log.hdd/apt/term.log {
rotate 12
monthly
compress
missingok
notifempty
}
/var/log.hdd/apt/history.log {
rotate 12
monthly
compress
missingok
notifempty
}
-- no debconf information
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