[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

[Ivan Zakharyaschev]

** Bug watch added: ALT Linux #18925
   https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18925

** Also affects: apt (ALT Linux) via
   https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18925
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in apt package in ALT Linux:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: apt

  I'm using pbuilder on a tmpfs with apt-cacher-ng to cache the downloaded debs. It worked till now pretty good and fast. But since I'm have a pbuilder for karmic I see regularly "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!" during package download in my pbuilder. It almost always happen around package 22-24.
  Retrying the complete build results in the same error, so I've do it manually inside the pbuilder. There it also fails at first with the same error, but restarting the download moves beyond this point (I guess it's because it has the packages till there already downloaded). "apt-get install" just the package it fails on shows also no error.
  I've checked the logs of apt-cacher-ng but I don't see there any error messages. My observations may fool me but I got the impression  that it only happens when the first 20 packages are really small and already cached by apt-cacher-ng so it can deliver them pretty fast.

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