[Bug 977906] Re: Updating packages stalls

[bamyasi]

Looks like a Canonical servers misconfiguration, possibly hitting a bug
in the apt load balancing algorithm. Currently, the solution is to
configure Muon/apt to use a fixed mirror. Please see this thread for
details:

http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?58918-apt-get-downloads-
extremely-slow

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Title:
  Updating packages stalls

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Using 12.04 RC installed in Melbourne Australia locale, installing and
  subsequently updating packages stalls significantly delaying
  installation process.

  Adding this code to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d in file 80http fixes this
  problem:

  Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth "0";
  Acquire::http::No-Cache "true";
  Acquire::http::Max-Age "0";

  Whether this is caused by misconfiguration of Repositories is
  basically irrelevant, I have experienced this issue for years now and
  I always seem to have to install this extra file to basically cure
  things.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Apr 10 19:46:56 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120409)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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