[Bug 1599290] [NEW] Hashsum error installing 101+ packages in 16.04 Docker image

[Matt Bearup]

Public bug reported:

When using the official Ubuntu 16.04 Docker image on a 16.04 Dockerhost (Docker version 1.11.2), if we run an apt-get command that installs > 100 packages, the 101st package will fail as a hashsum mismatch. E.g.
Get:101 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libldap-2.4-2 amd64 2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3 [160 kB]
Err:101 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libldap-2.4-2 amd64 2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3
  Hash Sum mismatch

If the packages are installed via apt, or package installs are divided
so we never exceed 100 packages in a single command, the error never
occurs. But if we install 101 packages, the 101st is always a hashsum
mismatch. In testing thus far it only repros in the 16.04 Docker image
on a 16.04 Dockerhost. It doesn't repro if the 16.04 container is
running on a 14.04 host, nor in VM's hosted in the cloud (e.g. Azure) or
locally. Have not tried a bare metal server. Error occurs with latest
apt package (1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1).

See below for a simplified example Dockerfile which will exceed 100
packages and trigger the error during build.

FROM ubuntu:16.04

RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y cifs-utils cmake clang llvm libc++1 libc++-dev \
    libunwind-dev uuid-dev libxml2-dev libssl-dev libssh2-1-dev curl \
    lttng-tools lttng-modules-dkms liblttng-ust-dev chrpath members sshpass \
    nodejs nodejs-legacy npm

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

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Title:
  Hashsum error installing 101+ packages in 16.04 Docker image

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When using the official Ubuntu 16.04 Docker image on a 16.04 Dockerhost (Docker version 1.11.2), if we run an apt-get command that installs > 100 packages, the 101st package will fail as a hashsum mismatch. E.g.
  Get:101 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libldap-2.4-2 amd64 2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3 [160 kB]
  Err:101 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libldap-2.4-2 amd64 2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3
    Hash Sum mismatch

  If the packages are installed via apt, or package installs are divided
  so we never exceed 100 packages in a single command, the error never
  occurs. But if we install 101 packages, the 101st is always a hashsum
  mismatch. In testing thus far it only repros in the 16.04 Docker image
  on a 16.04 Dockerhost. It doesn't repro if the 16.04 container is
  running on a 14.04 host, nor in VM's hosted in the cloud (e.g. Azure)
  or locally. Have not tried a bare metal server. Error occurs with
  latest apt package (1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1).

  See below for a simplified example Dockerfile which will exceed 100
  packages and trigger the error during build.

  FROM ubuntu:16.04

  RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y cifs-utils cmake clang llvm libc++1 libc++-dev \
      libunwind-dev uuid-dev libxml2-dev libssl-dev libssh2-1-dev curl \
      lttng-tools lttng-modules-dkms liblttng-ust-dev chrpath members sshpass \
      nodejs nodejs-legacy npm

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