[Bug 520170] Re: package mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 failed to install/upgrade: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive

[Paul Whipp]

Yes, I believe that is what happened. I live in a rural area and have a
flaky but fairly fast internet connection (given my distance from the
exchange 150kb is fast) and I often see this kind of error or worse when
I attempt an upgrade.

Sometimes it takes quite a few attempts (I repeated the mysql server deb
download this morning and its worked).

This time the consequences were not serious because the failure appears
to have been 'clean' but on many occasions the attempt to load the
corrupt file results in system corruption that can sometimes be a real
headache to fix.

A built in checksum on the deb files before an attempt is made to load
them (ideally with the higher level applications like synaptic giving
the option to reload the deb) would eliminate this problem. I don't know
but I am willing to bet there are an awful lot of bugs raised because of
this problem. I know I get the "submit a bug" option so often because of
it that I rarely file it.

This one was particularly frustrating (I depend on mysql-server a lot
and it was a big file) so I thought I'd flag it again. If its coming to
the wrong group then perhaps the reporting process for bugs can be
changed so that corrupt downloaded file errors are caught and punted
somewhere else?

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package mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 failed to install/upgrade: corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive
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