[Bug 1001209] [NEW] When connected to a network with a catch-all HTTP filter, apt-get update corrupts the package lists

[Julius Schwartzenberg]

Public bug reported:

I need to log on through a webpage before I can access the internet on some networks.
Before that all HTTP requests are forwarded to a log-on page.

When apt-get update is being run in the background before this log-on
has happened, it will corrupt the package lists with this log-on page. I
need to manually remove multiple files in /var/lib/apt/lists/ then
before I can rerun apt-get update.

When apt-get update gets invalid data, it should not corrupt its package
lists.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-rc5-drm-intel-test-20120511 x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 18 13:33:45 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120204)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=nl_NL
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise

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Title:
  When connected to a network with a catch-all HTTP filter, apt-get
  update corrupts the package lists

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I need to log on through a webpage before I can access the internet on some networks.
  Before that all HTTP requests are forwarded to a log-on page.

  When apt-get update is being run in the background before this log-on
  has happened, it will corrupt the package lists with this log-on page.
  I need to manually remove multiple files in /var/lib/apt/lists/ then
  before I can rerun apt-get update.

  When apt-get update gets invalid data, it should not corrupt its
  package lists.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10
  Uname: Linux 3.4.0-rc5-drm-intel-test-20120511 x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri May 18 13:33:45 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120204)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=nl_NL
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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