[Bug 777211] Re: synaptic corrupts package lists behind restricted connection

Tue May 24 14:39:15 UTC 2011

This is likely related to, if not a duplicate of, bug 346386.

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Title:
  synaptic corrupts package lists behind restricted connection

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: synaptic

  When running synaptic (or any other package manager) through am
  internet connection which in some cases will always display one
  webpage, the package lists in /var/lib/apt/lists become corrupted. In
  my case on a public wireless connection that displays an explanation
  page after using 0.5Gb of traffic to your machine. When updating the
  lists, the package manager downloads this webpage instead of the
  package list itself. This produces an error message followed by a
  forced close in synaptic, an error message in apt-get and ubuntu
  software centre just never finds any search results.

  Once you are once again properly connected to the internet (for
  example through another connection), the package managers never get
  far enough to redownload the lists. The error message is always
  displayed first.

  The problem can be easily solved by deleting all the files in
  /var/lib/apt/lists, which forces a re-download, but could be
  effectively prevented with a small clause to check the package lists,
  look like package lists, and don't start with "<!DOCTYPE html
  PUBLIC....".

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: synaptic 0.75.1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed May  4 16:58:53 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: synaptic
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)