[Bug 756317] Re: Captive portals may corrupt apt translation indices

[Bryan]

I'm willing to spend some time working on a patch.

Does anybody have an idea where in the code a syntax check should go?

Bryan Harris, PE
Research Engineer
Structures and Materials Evaluation Group
University of Dayton Research Institute
bryan.harris at udri.udayton.edu
http://www.udri.udayton.edu/
(937) 229-5561


On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Monsta <756317 at bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> It's problematic for one simple reason: APT ceases to function normally
> until you remove the offending files and update the package index again.
>
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> Title:
>   Captive portals may corrupt apt translation indices
>
> Status in "apt" package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
> Status in "apt" package in Debian:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   I have an adsl modem which returns an html page if the adsl link is
>   broken. This page ends as the content of the apt cache files stored in
>   /var/lib/apt/lists, which breaks apt.
>
>   The only way to make apt work again is to delete all the files stored
>   in /var/lib/apt/lists.
>
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Title:
  Captive portals may corrupt apt translation indices

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “apt” package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  I have an adsl modem which returns an html page if the adsl link is
  broken. This page ends as the content of the apt cache files stored in
  /var/lib/apt/lists, which breaks apt.

  The only way to make apt work again is to delete all the files stored
  in /var/lib/apt/lists.

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