[Bug 368178] Re: apt doesn't finish downloading files on 9.04 mini.iso installation

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => New

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: artur bryczek (arturbryczek) => (unassigned)

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Title:
  apt doesn't finish downloading files on 9.04 mini.iso installation

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: apt

  First of all, this is propably the infamous "apt race condition" bug,
  also for person 'mvo', an person called 'cjwatson' sent me here and
  asked to mention this :) Also I used finnish installation so all menu
  descriptions might not be word-exact.

  So, I'll try to be short:

  I use "netboot" or mini.iso installation method for Ubuntu 9.04, mine
  laptop is IBM t42p. If I choose only to install most basic CLI system
  and then apt-get install ubuntu-desktop, it downloads (seemingly)
  every file, apparently libmbca0 last, then there reads [99% working]
  and it sits there forever (I stopped at overnight).

  Then I tried to install "normal way" so that I choose ubuntu-desktop
  in the installer, it also sat forever on same libmbca0 but this time
  there didn't read that [99% working], (propably because installer have
  been choosed to supress any additional messages). Then I pressed esc
  to get into installers main menu, then I choosed again "choose
  programs to be installed" or to that effect, there was ubuntu-desktop
  already chosed and then I clicked next and rest of installation went
  smoothly... Apparently this time apt doesn't download anything, but
  has everything already downloaded, including libmbca0. This happened 3
  times in the row on exact same spot until I figured out how to get
  around it (as I heard this is an rarely occurring hard-to-repeat bug).

  If anyone want's to try squash this bug I can offer any assistance I
  can do.

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